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Greece's Communist Chief May Quit

After 22 years of leading Greece's KKE Communist party, which is languishing near the bottom of opinion polls and is a marginal entity in the Greek Parliament with almost no influence, Aleka Papariga could be stepping down, the Athens...

Ex-SYRIZA Chief's Plan B: Euro Exit

Alekos Alavanos, former head of the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) kicked off his new Plan B party on April 4 with a platform that calls for Greece to exit the Eurozone, an idea opposed...

SYRIZA Leads Poll, So Does Samaras

In a continuation of polls showing the ambivalence of Greeks, the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is maintaining a slight lead over ruling New Democracy, but the Conservative leader, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is a runaway...

SYRIZA Reclaims Lead Over New Democracy

While nearly a statistical dead-heat, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has taken a minimal lead of 0.9% over the New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, in a poll published by the newspaper...

New Democracy, SYRIZA Tie, But Samaras Rules

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...

Farmers Protest, Seamen's Strike Vexes Greece

Having crushed a Metro workers strike with riot police, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is treading a more careful line with protesting farmers and seamen who walked off the job and may extend their job action. The farmers, upset over...

New Democracy Ekes Out Lead Over SYRIZA

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...

Papaconstantinou Blames Venizelos Over Lagarde List

Former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who was ejected from the PASOK Socialist party after charges emerged that the names of three of his relatives were removed from a list of more than 2,000 Greeks with deposits in a...

Greek Communist Delegation in Australia

A delegation of Greek Communist Party (KKE) is visiting Australia. The two leading members, George Marinos, a member of the Political Committee of the Greek Communist Party, and Kostas Papadakis, head of the foreign relations section of the Greek...

In Athens, Merkel Sees Progress, But Protesters Don't

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...