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Oil Prices and Fear of Grexit Shake World Markets

Stock markets across the world are shaking due to the slump in oil prices and fears that Greece will be driven out of the Eurozone. The euro is at 1.19609 against the dollar, while oil prices have reached a low for...

Papandreou Announces New Greek Political Party: 'Democrat Socialists' Movement'

Today, January 3, 2015, George Papandreou held an open event for the presentation of his new political party at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece . The Greek former Prime Minister presented the identity and views of his political party, as...

Hellenic Aerospace Industry Under Pressure Due to Elections

The Hellenic Aerospace Industry has been under pressure due to the political turmoil in the country. The New Year was not a happy occasion for the company’s employees who were expecting the program reactivation contract for the Hellenic Navy's P3...

Greek PM Samaras: I am not Going to Elections

"What elections? Are there any union elections? I don't have anything, whatsoever..." With this answer Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, replied today during the ruling New Democracy committee meeting, on reporters' question on whether the Constitutional revision can move...

Greek-Australians Battle in Oakleigh Elections

The state seat elections of Oakleigh in Victoria, scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 29, have turned into a Greek battle. The district of Oakleigh in Melbourne is home to thousands of Greek-Australians who care about the community and want...

German Green Party Member: Europe in Danger if Tsipras Becomes PM

Speaking at a forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association in Berlin, Germany's Former Vice Chancellor and member of the Green Party Joschka Fischer expressed his worries over a possible electoral victory of Alexis Tsipras and his leftist party SYRIZA in Greece. "If...

SYRIZA Leader Calls Political Forces to Clarify their Position over Presidential Elections

On Saturday, Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras underlined the need for his party to dominate politically and take advantage of its victory in the European Parliament elections, and within this framework to undertake initiatives towards the national agreement,...

International Media On Scenarios of a SYRIZA Govt in Greece

International media flirt more and more with the scenario of opposition party SYRIZA being the next government in Greece, in a way “forcing” banks, economists and analysts to prepare reports and examine the positive or negative economic effects of such...

Greek PM: No Need for New Memorandum, Elections in June 2016

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras appeared optimistic earlier today that the country is not going to need a new memorandum and it will soon be on track of development. During a press conference on the sidelines of the European...

Greece Has Second Thoughts About Exiting Bailout Program

Eurozone officials have told Reuters that Greece appears to have second thoughts about a full-blown return to market funding. The report follows purported pressure on the Greek government from EU powers as well as investors who sold off Greek...