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Coalition's Future at Stake With Tsipras/Kammenos Meeting

The Greek prime minister and president of the ruling left-wing SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras, will meet the defense Minister and president of the co-governing right-wing ANEL party, Panos Kammenos, on Friday. The talks will be held in a last-minute...

Populism Flies High in Three-Year Anniversary of Syriza-led Gov't

Left-wing populism has a long history in post-dictatorship Greek democracy, starting with the late Socialist PM Andreas Papandreou, but in the three years of the Syriza-led government, it is being celebrated more than ever. As the government led by Alexis...

Greek ND Leader Rules Out Coalition Government With Greece's Left

Greece's main opposition leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, ruled out all prospects of cooperation with the left-wing SYRIZA government and current Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. In an interview published in German daily newspaper Deutsche Welle on Friday, he made it clear that there was...

Athens Exchange 6 Points Down After Announcement of New Greek Gov't

The Athens Stock Exchange took a big plunge today immediately after the announcement of the new Greek cabinet. At 3:35 p.m. today, immediately after the announcement of the new SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition cabinet, the Index declined more than 6 percent...

SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: New Greek Govt to Negotiate With Creditors Until July

Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, addressing a press conference earlier today, dismissed suggestions that Greece will have to complete its international bailout program review by the end of February, saying that a SYRIZA-led government would have until July to...

Names of Possible Presidential Candidates, Stavros Dimas Most Likely

After the coalition's decision to speed up the process for election of president of the Hellenic republic, several names of possible candidates have been leaked to the Press. However, the government has not made any official announcement regarding the...

Parliament Votes in Favor of Amendments on ENFIA and Red Loans

The Greek coalition government won the crucial vote on the revised bill revoking the inclusion of the property tax (ENFIA) in the 100-tranche payment plan for outstanding debts to the state. Out of the 261 MPs who voted by roll...

ENFIA Not Included in 100-Tranche Payment Plan, Trouble for Coalition

The Greek coalition government is facing public outcry again after the decision not to include the new property tax (ENFIA) in the 100-tranche payment plan. Following the troika's pressure, Athens will now ask for the ENFIA tax debtors to...

Greek Prime Minister Not Very Active In Parliament

New statistical data revealed by Greek website defensenet.gr showed that the New Democracy-PASOK coalition government has little interest in preserving democratic institutions. From June 2012 until today that the two-party coalition is governing the country, figures from Parliamentary reports reveal the...

J.P. Morgan: Elections in 2014 and SYRIZA's Win

In an economic research note of January 28, the American investment bank J.P. Morgan sees a significant chance (70%) of elections in Greece before the end of the 1st trimester of 2015. Its basic case is that the elections...