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Greek Government Not Planning Mandatory Women's Military Service According to Spokespoerson

The government is not considering imposing an obligatory military service as preparatory experience for women who want to join the police, the fire brigade or the coast guard, SYRIZA spokesman Sokratis Famellos told private radio station To Vima on...

Greek PM Tsipras Seeks Alliances for Critical House Vote

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is seeking alliances for the upcoming critical vote in parliament on security fund reforms and settlement of bad loans. The prime minister wants to finish as soon as possible with the first bailout program review...

Greek State Minister: All SYRIZA-ANEL MPs Will Vote For Security Fund Reforms

State Minister Alekos Flambouraris is confident that all 153 SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers will vote in favor of the bill that includes security fund reforms and bad loans settlement. Flambouraris spoke on Skai television on Sunday saying that all parties...

Security Fund Reforms and Farmers Taxation will put Greek Government Under Pressure

Security fund reforms and farmers taxation will be the stress test for the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition with the coming of the new year. The representatives of Greece's lenders return in the first days of 2016 in order to negotiate the "hot"...

Greece 2015: The Doomed Year in Politics

  Forty-one years after the restoration of democracy in Greece, 2015 saw the biggest political change in the history of the Hellenic Republic. It was also the year that Greece came closer than ever to be forced out of the...

New Poll Shows SYRIZA-New Democracy Popularity Waning in Greece

A new opinion poll shows that the popularity of the SYRIZA ruling party is waning, being only 1 percentage point ahead of New Democracy. New Democracy popularity is also lower than in the September election results, according to a survey...

Greek Coalition Passes 2016 Budget in Parliament Amid Tension

The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition managed to pass the 2016 budget in parliament with 153-145, with two lawmakers absent in the 300-member Parliament, as all opposition parties voted against. The vote went as expected, since last week's meeting of party leaders ended...

Greek Government Spokesperson Hints at New Alliances

While the Greek government has already been weakened, having been in power for just over two months, Greek government spokesperson Olga Gerovasili does not appear to be concerned, and is rather optimistic about its future. The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government that was elected on...

Political Leaders Unable to Reach Accord on Greece's Social Security System

Greece's political leaders failed to find common ground on reforms to Greece's social security system but agreed on future discussions over a Constitutional Revision as well as on a united approach to the refugee crisis, during a meeting on Saturday afternoon. Greek...

Greek PM Tsipras Calls for Political Leaders Meeting

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on the telephone with President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and asked for a meeting between all party leaders as soon as possible. Tsipras is in Israel on official visit, while the Greek president...