Politics

Two Greek-Australian female councilors from Melbourne and Perth have been endorsed to contest seats in their respective states, West Australia and Victoria namely. Eleni Evangel, a Councillor to the City of Perth since 2005 (re-elected in 2009), has been endorsed...

Addressing a Social Democratic Union meeting in Berlin yesterday, Chancellor Angela Merkel clarified that Greece is legally bound to stick to the already signed bailout agreements, and reminded the Greek parties that no alteration in the terms and conditions...

ATHENS – The pressure on anti-austerity parties ahead of the critical June 17 elections not to renege on Greece’s reform deals with international lenders is building, with 11 Greek economists from around the world joining critics sounding the alarm...

ATHENS – The decision by two of the world’s biggest trade credit insurers to halt coverage for companies importing products and goods to Greece is already starting to cripple small businesses, and many said it could be the death...

ATHENS – The neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, which won almost 7 percent of the vote in the stalemated May 6 elections and stands poised to again win seats in Parliament at the critical June 17 polls, has denied any...

Two NSW Labor parliamentarians have said they will oppose plans by the far right Greek Golden Dawn Party to set up “three or four” branches in Australia. NSW Labor frontbencher Sophie Cotsis, and NSW Labor Upper House MP and NSW...

ATHENS -  As Greeks prepare to commit political suicide at the June 17 elections – a bullet in the head courtesy of the New Democracy Capitalists - PASOK Anti-Socialists who created the economic crisis and favor more austerity, or...

A Greek exit from the eurozone will be on the agenda if Athens fails to impose austerity measures required in its EU-IMF bailout deal, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Sunday. "The question would be raised without a doubt.... if...

ATHENS - With nearly 1,000 female business executives converging here for the Global Summit of Women 2012, most of the talk was about opportunities for their companies, schmoozing with each other to broaden networks, and how to expand outreach...

Christine Lagarde’s comments about the Greeks trying to escape their tax payments in her recent Guardian interview put her in deep diplomatic water just half a month away from the June 17 elections in Greece. Individuals and political parties both...

Greece is reaching the endgame next week, Germany’s best-selling Bild newspaper said. Greeks are plundering their bank accounts, imports to the country are not longer guaranteed, rumors abound of drachma being printed and energy suppliers are no longer paid, Nikolaus...

ATHENS – Despite a crushing economic crisis, runaway debt, a deep recession with 21.7 percent unemployment, the closing of 1,000 stores a week, a labyrinthine bureaucracy, one of the highest levels of corruption and lowest levels of competitiveness in...

New Democracy, Greece’s largest pro- bailout party, led the Syriza party, which is opposed to implementing the country’s international rescue program, according to a poll ahead of the June 17 elections. Of 1,200 people questioned by Metron Analysis for Athens...

It seems that Mr. Tsipras will continue having much of Europe on the run while he hardly seems to be breaking a sweat. Presenting his party's economic program on Friday, Alexis Tsipras head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition, said he...

Greece's conservatives on Thursday promised voters tax relief if they win a crucial general election, insisting that existing austerity measures can be made fairer, despite growing concern over the country's future in the euro. The debt-strapped country will hold its...