Independent Greeks
Greece
Kammenos Urges: Vote Against New Austerity Measures
Panos Kammenos, leader of Independent Greeks (the right-wing anti-austerity political party with 18 MPs in the Hellenic Parliament) earlier today, urged the MPs of the two government parties, New Democracy and PASOK, to vote against any new austerity measures...
Crime
Golden Dawn Plummets, Still In Third
A second poll in a week has seen support for Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party fall like a rock after its leaders were arrested on charges of running a criminal gang, but the extremists barely maintained their standing in...
Crime
Angry Kammenos Storms Off TV (video)
Backpedaling in the face of criticism and a pending probe into his comments that a mayor in northern Greece who supports a gold mine project should be lynched, Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos walked off a TV program on...
Crime
Kammenos Hints Lynching For Gold Mine Mayor
Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos will be questioned by a Thessaloniki prosecutor after suggesting residents of Halkidiki should “lynch” a local mayor for backing gold mining in Skouries which many area residents fiercely oppose, saying it would hurt...
Greece
New Poll Gives Syriza 1.5 percent Lead
A new poll carried out by Pulse, gave a 1.5 percent lead to SYRIZA against New Democracy as far as voting intention is concerned. The Pulse poll will be published by the newspaper To Pontiki on Thursday, September 12.
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Greece
New Democracy Leads SYRIZA By 0.1%
The ruling party New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continue to hold a paper-thin lead over the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) a 0.1 percent margin that is negligible given the margin of...
Greece
New Democracy Still Leads SYRIZA
Continuing a trend in recent polls, the ruling New Democracy (ND) party is maintaining a 1 percent point lead over its major opposition rival the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA,) a virtual dead heat given the margin of...
Greece
New Poll Shows ND-Syriza Derby
According to the latest VPRC opinion poll for tvxs, Syriza is slightly ahead of New Democracy with 0.5 percent. In particular, Syriza proceeds with 28.5 percent, while ND gathers 28 percent. Golden Dawn follows with 14.5 percent. The Communist...
Greece
New Democracy Reigns, DIMAR, PASOK Irrelevant
Just as PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, who withdrew his objection to the closing of the national broadcaster ERT, is being rewarded with key ministerial positions for his party in a new coalition government, a poll shows that if...
Greece
Coalition Talks Off, No Deal On ERT as Kouvelis Leaves Greek Government
A third meeting this week between Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, and his reluctant partners, PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left (DIMAR) head Fotis Kouvelis, failed to reach agreement late on June...