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France's National Front is reportedly looking for an alliance with Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to expand the reach of the extremists in the European Parliament. The news site EurActiv's Greek branch reported on the possible collaboration, which the French...

After the record-high number of 360,000 candidates in the 2014 regional and municipal elections, Greece also tops the candidate number for the forthcoming euro elections, as is has about 1,300 MEP candidates for just 21 seats in the European...

Anxious that there will be an increase in the retirement age and reduced benefits, hundreds of thousands of Greeks are fleeing the public and private sector to grab a pension now, even as the number of workers supporting the...

Greece's main opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras is fending off criticism that he would take Greece out of the eurozone if he were to come to power, as he tries to keep the reins on his...

Greece’s main opposition party, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), announced on Thursday that the its candidates for May’s European parliamentary elections would include historic resistance fighter and national MP Manolis Glezos. Continuing with the internal restructuring of the party’s candidates...

The European Parliament is seeking to put a brake on the proliferation of plastic bags and other non-recyclable plastic waste. It is estimated that every year about eight million plastic bags end up littering the natural environment as each person uses an average of 176...

Despite a primary surplus and a tepid return to the bond markets, Greece's debt is still so unsustainable that European Union officials are reportedly preparing to extend repayments on 240 billion euros in two bailouts as much as 30...

Today, the European Parliament plenary passed an amendment tabled by German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis that calls on the Yargitay Supreme Court in Turkey to revoke its decision to operate the historic church of Hagia Sophia in Trabzon as a mosque. Furthermore, the European Parliament...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' vow to return 70 percent of an expected 1.5 billion euro ($2.07 billion) primary surplus to people most affected by crushing austerity measures is being challenged by international lenders who want more of it diverted...

Greek pharmacists, already angry the government is months behind paying them overdue subsidies for the country's health care system, said they will resist reforms that would allow non-prescription drugs such as aspirin to be sold in supermarkets. The druggists say...