New Democracy
Economy
Samaras Wants VAT Cut, Solidarity Tax End
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, still feeling the effect of his New Democracy Conservatives second-place finish in the European Parliament elections, is reportedly planning to scrap a dreaded "solidarity" tax and reduce the Value Added Tax (TAX) as part...
Greece
DIMAR Rejects Kouvelis Resignation, SYRIZA Eyes Unity
Greece 's Democratic Left (DIMAR) lawmakers said they won't accept the resignation of party leader Fotis Kouvelis, even though it finished with a disastrous 1.2 percent and dead last among major Greek parties in the May 25 European Parliament...
Greece
New Democracy Won Lion's Share of Greek Diaspora EP Vote
Greece ’s leftist opposition party might have got biggest domestic share of the vote in the European Parliamentary elections, but Greek citizens resident around the European Union cast a different ballot.
Conservative New Democracy won the diaspora vote, followed by the Coalition of Radical Left (SYRIZA), withhe Communist...
Economy
Tsipras Says Farage, Le Pen Austerity Monsters
Greece's major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, who has benefited from opposition to austerity measures, said he's not interested in working with other leaders of other protest parties in England and France who made...
Economy
Debts to Greek State Grow 1B Euros Monthly
While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the country will begin to recover and stability is coming, Finance Ministry data showed that 2.5 million people can't pay their taxes and debts to the state are growing at 1.07 billion...
Greece
Samaras Wants To Change The Constitution
In an effort to make the work of government more accountable and transparent, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras proposed a series of sweeping changes including term limits and opening the books of political parties.
Samaras said he was keen to quell...
Economy
DIMAR's Kouvelis Quits; Independent Greeks See Changes
After his party's abysmal showing in European Parliament elections - finishing last among major parties with 1.2 percent of the vote - Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis has resigned under pressure from unhappy lawmakers.
DIMAR failed to elect a...
Greece
Final Greek Results of the European Parliament Elections
With all votes finally counted, Greece’s Interior Ministry published Monday evening the final results of the European Parliament vote and the MEPs elected to represent the country in Strasbourg. The turnout across Greece reached 59.96 percent, with 5,931,835 out of 9,892,622 registered...
Crime
Golden Dawn Keeps Lock On Third
Its leaders are locked up or arrested, its message discredited by human rights organizations, the government trying to dismantle it, but the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party still took third in European Parliament elections and won three seats in Greece's...
Economy
Tsipras Tells Papoulias He Wants Elections
Major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias on May 26, a day after his party won the European Parliament elections and said there should now be early national elections.
SYRIZA...