New Democracy
Economy
Tsipras Says He's Greece's Hope Now
After narrowly losing the elections earlier this year and settling for becoming the major opposition party, Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras said if Greece’s uneasy coalition government fails, that his is poised to take over.
“We...
Crime
First Lagarde List Missing 600 Names
A new list of Greeks with deposits in a Swiss bank given prosecutors by French officials reportedly shows as many as 600 more names than a previous one which still hasn’t been checked for possible tax cheats, and after...
Economy
Greece Eyes Repeal of Immigrant Citizenship
As Greece continues a sweep of illegal aliens, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is proposing to eliminate a law that grants citizenship to immigrants, many of them minors who were born in Greece, attend Greek schools and speak Greek.
With his...
Economy
SYRIZA Rising, Tsipras Wants Bailout Breaker
Despite securing $69 billion in a first series of new rescue loans to keep the country’s economy from collapsing, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ New Democracy Conservatives and his coalition partners are falling further behind the major opposition party...
Economy
More Greek Austerity Ruled Out – Maybe
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who has assured Greeks that a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan that’s being implemented will be the last time they face austerity measures is getting backing from an economist who heads...
Economy
German Paper Names Samaras Top EU Leader
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has won an honor his critics find dubious: he was named Europe’s Politician of the Year by the German newspaper Handelslblatt, which praised him for guiding Greece through a crushing economic crisis, during which...
Greece
ND Slams SYRIZA MP Over Macedonia Name
The Coalition leader New Democracy Conservative party attacked its main opposition Coalition of the Radical left (SYRIZA) after it emerged that one of the left-wing party’s deputies had allegedly blamed Greece for the impasse in the lingering name dispute...
Economy
Greece Faces More Risks to Bailouts
Political resistance and potential court challenges are among “very large” risks to reforms required for Greece’s bailout program, the country’s European lenders said, cautioning that despite Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' boasting that Greece has been saved from disaster that...
Economy
Greeks Still Think Greece in Trouble
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...
Economy
Kammenos Says Samaras Greece's "Chancellor"
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...