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Greek Presidential Election: The Day After the 160 Votes

The results of the first ballot in the presidential election left Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with a bitter taste. Predictions by the coalition that Stavros Dimas would get up to 167 votes in the first ballot proved to be...

DIMAR Leader: Party MPs Voting for President are not Apostates

Any Democratic Left (DIMAR) MP to vote for the President of the Hellenic Republic in the upcoming Parliament ballots will not be considered an apostate or a venal, party leader Fotis Kouvelis declared earlier today during an interview to Greek...

Greek FM Venizelos Meets with his Turkish Counterpart Cavusoglu

Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu proposed to Greek Government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos to visit together Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades when he returns to Cyprus after his recovery from the heart operation that he underwent in...

Is Geogre Papandreou Launching a New Party?

The climate between Former Prime Minister and President of PASOK George Papandreou and the party's current leader, Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, has never been the best possible. The two came head to head for...

Greek Govt VP and German FinMin: Political Stability Is Key for Greek Economy

To the reforms and the progress Greece has made during all this time, referred the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, after his meeting with Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, earlier this afternoon in Berlin. "Greece has gone...

Greek Opposition Parties on the Presidential Vote and Stavros Dimas' Candidacy

Varied were the responses of the Greek opposition parties, following the announcement of the Presidential ballot dates as well as the Stavros Dimas candidacy proposed by the coalition government partners, Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, and government...

Eurogroup Decides Two-Month Extension of Greek Program, Presidential Election on December 17

On December 17, two months ahead of schedule, will finally be held the first ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, government spokeswoman Sophia Voultepsi announced earlier today. According to Voultepsi's written announcement, Greek Prime...

Greek Govt Vice President: Negotiation with the Troika will be Completed

"Uncertainty downgrades not the government's but the country's position," underlined Greek Government Vice President and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos in his article in a Greek Sunday newspaper. "The negotiation with the Troika will be completed, but we will not allow...

Troika Threatens Greece with Liquidity Suspension

  As reported by German financial review "Handelsblatt," the Troika of Greece’s lenders has threatened the country to suspend the provision of liquidity, unless an agreement is reached for the completion of the Greek program's final review. Such a development...

Turkish PM Davutoglu in Athens Amid Heavy Security Measures

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Athens a few minutes after 3:30 pm accompanied by nine of his cabinet's Ministers, in order to participate in the 3rd Greek-Turkish High Level Cooperation Council, to be held over two days...