Politics

Greece’s main opposition Syriza party would have a narrow lead over Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s ruling New Democracy party if elections were held now, a Metron Analysis poll for tomorrow’s edition of Ependytis showed. Syriza would get 27.7 percent of...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met on Sept. 21 and agreed that it was "absolute necessity to safeguard the integrity of the euro area," the Italian government said, referring to the troubled Eurozone...

Greek Democratic Left (DIMAR) party leader Fotis Kouvelis’ decision to renege on campaign promises to protect workers, the poor and elderly and support more harsh austerity measures on them has sparked a mini-rebellion in the party, with several of...

The Court of European Union has accepted the claim made by Greece to freeze the return of the so-called "Hatzigakis Packet," referring to EU subsidies given farmers in 2009 under the administration of then Minister of Agricultural Development Sotirios...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ failure to convince his reluctant coalition partners to accept all the harsh measures in a $14.6 billion spending cut plan demanded by international lenders means the government will not be able to present a...

Turkey said one of its vessels will conduct oceanographic research within the Greek continental shelf of Kastelorizo, southeastern Mediterranean. According to an Ethnos daily report, the Turkish research vessel R/V BILIM-2 will be in Greek waters through Sept. 30...

Deputy Minister of Culture Kostas Tzavaras has set up a special advisory committee to coordinate strategy for the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles stolen by a British diplomat, Lord Elgin, 200 years ago. The stolen goods are now in...

Greece’s Supreme Court said it wants to know if the country’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) has a list 30 of politicians, including former ministers, current lawmakers, local authority officials and general secretaries at ministries, who it is reportedly investigating...

With decision on $14.6 billion in new budget cuts stuck in limbo for weeks, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to meet with his coalition partners on Sept. 20 to finalize the measures before presenting them to the Troika...

According to an official announcement, the Independent Greeks party, a breakaway from the New Democracy Conservatives, will propose a law giving Greek expatriates the right to vote in the country's general elections from their country of residence and have...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras visited Frankfurt am Main last week and met with the President of the Association for the Greek Communities of Germany, Kostas Dimitriou. The two men discussed major issues affecting the lives of the Greek expatriates...

Greece should get cheaper rates on its pending second bailout, for $172 billion, and at least two more years from its international lenders to repay them, the chief negotiator for the country's private sector creditors said. Charles Dallara, Managing Director...

The General Consulate of Greece to Melbourne in cooperation with the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria are organizing an event on Sept. 28 at the premises of the community to honor the Australian Minister for Immigration and...

In a continuing contradiction, a poll shows that 68 percent of Greeks are against the harsh austerity measures imposed by the government on the orders of international lenders to keep lifeline loans coming - but just as many don't...

Ever since the Turkish military invasion of 1974, which divided the island in two, the people of Cyprus have been unlucky, especially with their leadership. They have systematically been indoctrinated by a political elite not to resist political subjugation:...