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Greek President's Office Says Kammenos Lied About Document

ATHENS – The office of Greek President Karolos Papoulias said Independent Greeks party leader Panos Kammenos had given the President a document offering to join a coalition government before talks broke down and was not telling the truth when...

16 Activists Arrested in Syntagma Square, Charged on Insubordination

25 activists from Spain, Italy, Ireland, France, as well as from Greece, participated in European demonstrations against the Greek crisis and the EU's and the IMF's policy. 16 were arrested early in the morning of May 15 in Syntagma Square in...

SYRIZA Surges in Polls, Sun Setting on Golden Dawn

ATHENS – Greece’s rising political leader of the left, 37-year-old Alexis Tsipras, whose refusal to back a coalition government in favor of more austerity measures, has taken his SYRIZA party into the lead for prospective new elections, a poll...

Greek Radical Left Leader Rejects Coalition Talks

The leader of Greece's radical left SYRIZA party spurned an invitation from the president to coalition talks on Monday aimed at forming a government after an inconclusive election. "Alexis Tsipras will not attend the meeting tomorrow," party official Nikos Pappas...

Alexis Tsipras: Greece's New Political 'Iphigenia'

Until May 6, everything in the Greek political scene happened without SYRIZA. Now, if we get destroyed, if we get out of the euro, if we can’t form a government, if we can't cope with our debts, our loans,...

Venizelos Fires His Advisors, Wants Overhaul of 'Rotten' PASOK

ATHENS – After leading his party to its worst-showing in elections since it was founded in 1974, new PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos has put the onus on his political council, forcing their resignation after a scathing speech in...

Latest Greek Poll Has Syriza In Lead

A new poll just released minutes ago reveals that a large number of Greek voters have turned to the radical left-wing Syriza Party in the wake of recent elections. The election has failed to produce a coalition so far,...

Venizelos Fails to Form Coalition Government

Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek Socialist party leader, has been unable to form a national unity government after holding last-ditch talks with rivals, party officials have said. "Venizelos will return the mandate tomorrow to President Karolos Papoulias," a senior Socialist PASOK...

German Officials Gang Up on Greece: More Austerity or Else

ATHENS – Just as it appeared Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos might be able to form a shaky coalition government, another feud broke out between political leaders. German officials also said Greece would not get any more money from international...

Tsipras Strikes Out – Now it's Venizelos' Turn

ATHENS – After Alexis Tsipras, leader of the SYRIZA Radical Coalition of the Left, failed in his bid to create a coalition government in the wake of Greece’s May 6 elections which resulted in a mandate against austerity measures...