Politics

Fresh off reneging on promises not to impose more austerity measures, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, and his Deputy Prime Minister, PASOK Socialist chief  Evangelos Venizelos are scheduled for another powwow on Oct. 30...

According to European sources, the cut on social security expenses will not totally cover the fiscal gap of the next year. It seems that Troika and the Greek government have different opinions on the needed austerity measures for the...

The case of American interceptions isn't anything new because former agent of the U.S. security agency, Snowden revealed it. At least in Greece it is suspected that these interceptions began immediately after the Olympic Games in 2004. It was on  February 2,...

FYROM's newspaper Dnevnik writes that the proposal has been submitted to Matthew Nimetz by Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis. The representative of Greece in New York , Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis, is reported to have suggested the name "Slavo-Albanian Macedonia"  for FYROM, to the Special...

The political scenery regarding the dismissals in the public sector seems to be a bit messy. The Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued an announcement in order to refute a recent publication according which, the closure of 800...

During a radio interview, former Greek foreign affairs minister Theodoros Pangalos, revealed that the Greek government was spying on two US ambassadors. "We didn't learn anything new...Everybody can monitor anybody...Greece's intelligence service (EYP) had managed to tap the phones of the...

The military parade in Thessaloniki for the celebration of the National "Oxi" Day, the 28th of October, took place in a foggy climate-actual and political-and in the presence of the President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias. Today’s parade was marked...

Today, the celebrations of October 28th and the school parade took place in Thessaloniki. The elementary and high schools students of Thessaloniki paraded in front of the grandstand official. In attendance of the school parade was Region of Central Macedonia...

Health Minister of Turkey Mehmet Müezzinoğlu said on October 27, that Greek doctors who are reportedly seeking jobs abroad are welcome in the country, as Doğan News Agency reports. Some 7,000 doctors in Greece are seeking jobs abroad, and we...

On October 28th, millions around the world will commemorate OXI Day, a day honoring Greece’s courageous resistance during WWII. On October 28th, 1940, the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi delivered an ultimatum from Benito Mussolini to Prime Minister Ioannis...

The online Spiegel publication support that the financial downturn is affecting mostly the middle class in Greece. This publication is connected to research made by Fragiska Megaloudi and Stelios Papardelas who are referring to problems that the economic crisis...

It seems that the German opinion for the Greek economic program hasn’t changed, or at least that's the impression the German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave after her a recent meeting in Brussels. After the EU Summit, Angela Merkel was asked...

German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis officially expressed his intentions to form a political party in Greece with the aim of taking part in May’s European elections. The liberal Euro parliamentarian stated his intention to create a new movement with a...

The court of appeal in Thessaloniki, postponed the trial of the former mayor of Thessaloniki, Vasilis Papageorgopoulos until January 16. Mr. Papageorgopoulos was sentenced to life imprisonment for the embezzlement of approximately 18 million Euros from municipal funds. The hearing...

The President of the European Commission Herman Van Rompuy stated today, that the European Union will take strict measures in order to battle illegal migration. According to him, the EU could make better use of its resources to prevent...