DIMAR
Economy
Stournaras Tells Troika: "Take The Keys!"
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took over talks with international lenders on April 7 after his Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras fired back at them over continued demands for austerity measures, including the firing of 25,000 workers and said if...
Economy
Samaras Gives In On Property Tax Change
With envoys from international lenders set to hit Athens on April 4, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has agreed to a compromise plan proposed by his coalition partners that would roll a 100 percent property tax surcharge into a...
Economy
Samaras Wants Allies Ready For Troika
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who is leader of the New Democracy Conservative party, will brief his coalition partners, PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos, and Democratic Left (DIMAR) head Fotis Kouvelis, on the government's strategy to deal with international...
Greece
SYRIZA Leads Poll, So Does Samaras
In a continuation of polls showing the ambivalence of Greeks, the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is maintaining a slight lead over ruling New Democracy, but the Conservative leader, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is a runaway...
Cyprus
Cyprus Wants Greece To Pay For Bailout
New Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus, during a vist to Athens on March 11, will reportedly ask Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to fork over 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) from its bank recapitalization funds to help pay...
Cyprus
Anastasiades Wants Greek Bailout Too
Awaiting a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) rescue package from international lenders, new Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades was in Athens on March 31 looking for another two billion euros ($2.6 billion) in aid despite Greece's crushing economic crisis where...
Economy
Greece, Troika Talks In Stand-Off
Discussions between Greek officials and envoys of international lenders bogged down after the government was reluctant to press for public sector layoffs and over differences in a debt-relief plan for Greeks who can't pay their bills because of harsh...
Crime
Greece Starts Sweep Of Drug Addicts
A roundup of 132 drug users by the government has upset critics, including coalition partner Democratic Left (DIMAR) and opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) which said a "pogrom" was being conducted and said their transfer to...
Economy
Kouvelis Says Austerity Killing Greece
Fotis Kouvelis, leader of the tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR) that is a junior partner in Greece's uneasy coalition government, has told international lenders that the country can't stand any more of the pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions...
events
Political Leaders Mark Karamanlis' Memory
Greek political leaders set aside their ideological differences to honor statesman and former Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis at the fouindation bearing his name as the the 15th anniversary of his death on April 23, 1998 is approaching. They came...