New Democracy
Greece
SYRIZA Proposes Own Racism Bill
With Greece's coalition government already split over an anti-racism bill, the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) threw a monkey wrench into the works when it withdrew its support and put forward its own version.
That angered the...
Greece
New Democracy Opens Gap On SYRIZA
With international aid pouring in, investor confidence rising, and tourists returning in record numbers, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)'s anti-austerity message is losing its edge with the party falling further behind the ruling New...
Greece
Stalemate Stalls Greek Anti-Racism Bill
Greece's coalition government, led by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, has cracked in a dispute over an anti-racism bill aimed at controlling the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party whose members have been accused of attacks on...
Celebrities
Onassis' Will Clouds Skorpios' Sale
The sale of the late tycoon Aristotle Onassis' private island of Skorpios by his granddaughter Athina to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, who reportedly bought it for his daughter Ekaterina, will be reviewed by the Greek Council of State to...
Greece
Now, New Democracy Leads SYRIZA
Continuing to trade places with thin margins showing them barely leading each other in surveys, New Democracy has again gained the edge on the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) this time by a margin of 2.8...
Greece
Golden Dawn Vows Mosque Protest March
Angry that the Greek government is paying to renovate a building that will become the country’s first official mosque, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is reportedly planning to mobilize 100,000 protesters to try to stop it.
The Macedonian International News...
Greece
Diamantopoulou Breaks From PASOK Too
With his party sinking to the 5 percent level in the polls and 116 million euros ($150 million) in debt, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos now has lost another former minister who has broken away to form a rival...
Crime
Samaras Backs Away From Golden Dawn
Facing pressure from his coalition partners to get behind an anti-racism bill aimed at curbing the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras will meet with them on May 27.
PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos...
Crime
Political Feud Holds Up Anti-Racism Bill
Greece's coalition government is sharply divided over an anti-racism bill that is aimed at controlling the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party by imposing stricter penalties for assaults, primarily on immigrants, of which the extremists have been accused but which it...
Greece
Zizek Wants Gulags For SYRIZA Rivals
Appearing with Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRZA) at a Croatian film festival, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek said anyone who doesn't support the party should be sent to a gulag,...