Politics

The new Greek Minister of Culture and Tourism Olga Kefalogianni gave her first ever interview to Turkish daily Hürriyet Daily News supporting the strengthening of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in terms of tourism. Tourism is one of...

ATHENS – New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, still recovering from eye surgery to repair a detached retina, is not getting as much support from international lenders as he wanted in his bid to buy more time for the...

Having suffered a terrible loss at the June 17 elections, the country’s third party PASOK elected only 33 MPs. Many former “big” personalities were thus left out of the political life and, of course, will no longer be receiving...

Cyprus takes over the European Union presidency Sunday for the next six months. The island's own financial difficulties and its location in the eastern Mediterranean are expected to sharpen the bloc's focus on the eurozone debt crisis and on...

ATHENS - Failing to meet his goal of finding peace with Turks occupying the northern third of the island and with his country’s banks needing a bailout to stay solvent, Cypriot President Demetrios Christofias laid out plans for what...

The predictions announced prior to the electionsss have been proven right: Nea Dimokratia's Evangelos Meimarakis has today been elected the president of the Greek Parliament with a wide majority. There were 290 out of a total of 300 MPs...

The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, has sent out early messages over his government's determination to carry out the structural reforms demanded by the troika, paving the way for the review of some points of the memorandum, as requested...

ATHENS – Unable to attend a critical meeting of European Union leaders because he is still recovering from eye surgery for a detached retina, new Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has written the EU a letter asking them not...

The swearing-in ceremony under Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of Greece's Orthodox Church, for the country's 300 MPs got underway after 11a.m. at the Greek Parliament on Thursday, eleven days after the country's second election. The main item on the agenda...

Greek ministers of the government under former Socialist Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou, who the Troika have accused of bearing the blame for the failure of the Memorandum of Understanding in Greece since (as the weekly magazine To Vima recently...

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, will deliver a letter from the Greek PM to the leaders of the Euro Zone in the upcoming summit in Brussels on June 28-29. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will sign the letter...

ATHENS – Little more than a week into his uneasy tripartite coalition government, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ plans to get the Greek economy back on track suffered another blow with the resignation of Yiannis Koukiadis, the head of the...

The new PM of Greece has decided to put a halt to the unjustified expenses of his ministers and deputy ministers amidst the ongoing recession plaguing the country for the fifth year in a row. From now on, both ministers...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has accepted the resignation of Deputy Merchant Marine Minister Giorgos Vernikos, the prime minister's office said Tuesday. The recently appointed deputy minister stepped down over an alleged conflict of interest stemming from his involvement in...

ATHENS – Designated Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos, who cited ill health for his decision not to accept the post, resigned because he was also dissatisfied with new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ decision to stock his coalition Cabinet with political...