Politics

Greek Prime Minister, meeting with European Parliament President Martin Schulz in Brussels on Sept. 17 that, "Greece is coming out of an unprecedented crisis despite very difficult social hardships". He said all will be well one of these years, even...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Greece, with Russia's Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko, who is currently in Athens. According to AMNA, Matviyenko presented Samaras with a personal message from Putin...

Backpedaling in the face of criticism and a pending probe into his comments that a mayor in northern Greece who supports a gold mine project should be lynched, Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos walked off a TV program on...

Destined to lose, Greek high school teachers nonetheless won the first round of a seemingly fruitless battle to convince the government to reverse course on a plan to transfer or fire scores of thousands of public workers by staying...

Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) which is opposed to international bailouts and the austerity measures that come with them, is due to meet European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Committee...

Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos will be questioned by a Thessaloniki prosecutor after suggesting residents of Halkidiki should “lynch” a local mayor for backing gold mining in Skouries which many area residents fiercely oppose, saying it would hurt...

In the program that will be aired on the evening of September 16 by the German TV channel Tele-5, the leader of the conservative, euro-currency-skeptic political party in Germany AfD (Alternative for Germany) Bernd Lucke will appear wrapped in...

Russia’s Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko is scheduled to visit Athens on Sept. 16 to meet a number of political and business leaders, including Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Meetings are also set with the President of Parliament Evangelos...

According to the Australian Financial Review, NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos, who ran John Howard’s office when he was prime minister, is not to be appointed to cabinet, but will be given a portfolio in the Outer Ministry. Shadow assistant treasurer...

In perhaps the strongest testing yet of the country's coalition government, Greece is braced for a week of protests and strikes from a number of sectors angry that the government is going to move workers involuntarily into other jobs...

Greek Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who ordered the firing of thousands of public workers before their positions could be reviewed as he promised, found himself heckled and blocked from getting into his office on Sept. 16 during an...

The President of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria Bruce Atkinson and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ken Smith expressed their interest in investments in Greece to Tourism Minister Olga Kefalyianni in a meeting on Sept....

The first Investment and Greek Business Mission in Nairobi is taking place Sept. 14-19 organized at the initiative of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kenya in Greece. The mission is headed by the deputy Minister of Development and...

Upset with big pay cuts and not being paid for months in some cases, Greek medical workers warned that reductions in the health care system are putting people at risk and causing many doctors to flee the country in...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's public statements that Greece may need a third rescue package started a debate on the necessity and effects of additional aid to the country. The IMF estimated Greece needs between 8.25 and 10.5 billion euros...