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First Greek Presidential Ballot Results Elect Prokopis Pavlopoulos

With a positive result on the election of a new Greek President concluded the first round of voting by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the candidate nominated by the ruling SYRIZA party and Prime Minister Alexis...

New Bill Regarding Debts to the State to be Tabled in Greek Parliament

The bill to be presented to the Greek Parliament by Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani sees the abolition of surcharges on debts to the State and an increase on the amount above which a person may be imprisoned. The regulation...

What the Greek Constitution Entails for the Presidential Election Procedure

With less than 24 hours remaining until the the first Presidential ballot, here is what the Greek Constitution entails for the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic. According to Article 31, to be eligible for election to the...

Demonstrators Flood Athens in Support of Greek Government for Eurogroup

Thousands of people gathered again at Syntagma Square across the Greek parliament in downtown Athens to show their support to the government ahead of Monday's critical meeting of the Eurozone Finance Ministers in Brussels. The call was made by Greek...

Poll Shows Six in 10 Give Government 'Vote of Confidence'

Nearly six in 10 Greeks give the government a "vote of confidence" according to the findings of an ALCO poll unveiled on Tuesday, on the website topontiki.gr Replying to a question "Would you personally give the Greek government a vote...

The First Greek Leftist Gov't Secures Parliamentary Vote of Confidence Ahead of Critical Eurogroup

Yet another historic event occurred tonight in the Greek Parliament, where the SYRIZA-led coalition government, the first leftist government in the history of Greece, secured its first parliamentary vote of confidence after the January 25 snap elections. The newly...

Greek FinMin Varoufakis: Greece is Entering the Post-Bailout Era

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, while addressing the Parliament, declared that Greece is on the brink of the post-bailout era and also fixes the mistakes that caused the country's depression. "With tonight's vote of confidence, Greece is entering the 'post-bailout' era,"...

Critical Dates that Will Determine Greece's Future

The discussion regarding the new Greek government program will close, after the parliament vote of confidence process which will take place today, February 10 at midnight. Meanwhile, media and public attention is focusing on the outcome of negotiations with EU...

Greek FinMin Varoufakis Presents the '10 Reforms Proposal' Amid Grexit Concerns

The end of the crisis will not come if Greece says yet another "yes" to the program. If the drug was bitter but effective we would have taken it, but the drug is "toxic" and even the doctor knows...

Tsipras: Greece Needs Bridge Loan, Not Bailout – Full List of New Greek Govt Policy

Greece cannot service its huge debt and will seek a bridge loan rather than an extension of its bailout, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said during the presentation of the new Greek government policy on Sunday night. Tsipras received a warm...