New Democracy
Economy
Samaras Says Economy On Road Back
Presenting a unified front with his PASOK Socialist partner Evangelos Venizelos at a project resuming work on a major highway, Greek Prime Minsiter Antonis Samaras said the country’s battered economy is already recovering, despite evidence it is not.
During a...
Economy
Samaras Coaxes Partners On Multi-Bill
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, met with his coalition partners on April 23 in a bid to convince them to support a multi-faceted bill of reforms that the country's international lenders are insisting be passed...
Economy
Strike Shuts Down Greek Tax Offices
With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, hoping there won't be a repeat of last year's repeated strikes, protests and riots against austerity measures he's imposing on the orders of international lenders, workers in tax offices...
Economy
Greece Eyes Tax Cuts To Spur Economy
ATHENS – Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said the country’s coalition government will try to persuade international lenders to allow a reduction in some taxes, particularly the 23 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) that is killing restaurants and taverns...
Greece
Greek Banks Immune For Political Loans
Greek financial prosecutors are preparing to send the findings of their investigations into party funding to the Parliament controlled by the parties who got the loans they haven't repaid even though recently-passed laws giving immunity to bank officials for...
Greece
New Democracy Back In The Lead
Greece's ruling New Democracy Conservatives have taken a razor-thin lead from the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party as the two continue to trade places heading opinion polls.
A survey by Metron Analysis for Sunday's Eleftherotypia newspaper...
Crime
For Some, Greece's Junta Lives On
On the morning of April 21, 1967, Greeks suddenly found tanks in the streets of Athens as a coup of military leaders staged a junta that became known as The Regime of The Colonels and brought seven years of...
Greece
Samaras' Partners Ired Over New Ministers
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' planned appointment of six new deputy ministers has sparked renewed speculation he's planning a shakeup of his Cabinet, which he has repeatedly denied, and ired his coalition partners who said they weren't informed.
The newspaper...
Greece
SYRIZA Holds Slight Lead Over ND
According to the latest poll, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has a razor-thin lead of 0.2 percent over the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives, a margin that effectively is a dead heat given the...
Greece
Loverdos Kicks Off Pact For New Greece
Andreas Loverdos, a former PASOK Socialist minister who was often at odds with his his party's leader Evangelos Venizelos, has bolted to form his own party called Pact for a New Greece and blistering his former party for becoming...