Independent Greeks

While Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ New Democracy Conservatives are locked in essentially a dead heat with the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) for voter support, he has a nearly 2-1 edge as the people’s choice...

A Greek parliamentary committee probe into the handling of a list of Greeks with secret Swiss banks accounts by former finance minister George Papaconstantinou has stalled over infighting between rival political factions. Christos Markoyiannakis, a member of the ruling New...

The ruling New Democracy Conservatives are in a neck-and-neck battle with the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party among Greeks, who also are split over whether the government has done enough to catch tax evaders and...

By a wide margin, the Greek Parliament in the early morning hours of Jan. 18 voted to have  former finance Giorgos Papaconstantinou investigated over charges of removing the names of three relatives from a list of Greeks with secret...

With more rescue loans pouring in, Greeks are feeling better about their country's prospects, giving a boost to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy (ND) party that has swung back into the lead in popularity over the major opposition...

A move by the Independent Greeks party to include Former Premier George Papandreou and interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in an investigation of why a list of 2,065 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret accounts in a Swiss bank...

While Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is crowing that he has saved Greece from leaving the Eurozone by securing a first series of 52.5 billion euros ($68.94 billion) in new rescue loans from international lenders, a vast majority of Greeks...

Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos, struggling to keep his party together in the wake of defections and waning support, lashed out at some of his former members on Dec. 14 and accused Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of following the...

Independent Greeks spokesman Christos Zois left the party on Dec. 11 in the middle of a feud with party leader Panos Kammenos, who earlier in the day ejected one of his lawmakers, Yiannis Manolis as a Member of Parliament...

While protests raged a few blocks from where she was having quiet talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that she said showed progress in his attempt to impose more austerity measures to help right the economy, German Chancellor Angela...