Greece's Council of State rejected the appeals by the public sector employees union and a teacher who claimed the return of the Christmas and summer bonuses that amount to two monthly salaries per year.
The so-called 13th and 14th salaries...
European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi, speaking at Piraeus Port in Greece amid a fraud investigation at a local customs office, declared that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is "here to stay" despite facing challenges.
Kovesi is currently in Athens...
The political “stability” of the post-1974 period in Greece was accompanied by a major slowdown in economic growth and the country's bankruptcy in 2010. Greek democracy is dysfunctional because the political parties adopt a highly ideological approach and tend...
My deepest respect goes to the Greek people who expressed their determination last Sunday to stand up against heinous political decisions. Tens of thousands of Greeks took part in the Syntagma Square demonstration, the largest such protest ever held...
A series of constitutional amendments were proposed by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, speaking before the SYRIZA parliamentary group on Wednesday. Included in these proposals is the enactment of religious neutrality for the Greek state.
Tsipras expressed his certainty that...
"The 24th of July is a milestone for democracy," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his message for the 42nd anniversary of the post-Junta period and called on all political and social forces to engage in a board, open,...
A new petition on Greece has been launched on Avaaz.org, the global civic organization that promotes activism. The user, Nikolaos, is gathering signatures for the activation of article 44 of the Greek Constitution for a referendum on whether Greece...
Leftist SYRIZA Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with his party's Political Secretariat on Friday and noted the need for "deep democratic reforms." The group met in the presence of Speaker of the House Nikos Voutsis, and stated their support...
Greek judges continue to contest the government’s attempts to cut wages and pensions, something they have been doing at least since 2012.
According to a report in the Greek daily To Ethnos, a new court ruling challenging the legality of...
