New Democracy

Fresh on the heels of Greece floating a sovereign bond for the first time since the economic crisis began four years ago, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had to reject talk that a third bailout will be needed. Samaras said the...

A Rass opinion poll concerning the upcoming European Parliament elections carried out on behalf of the newspaper “Parapolitika” shows New Democracy in the lead for the European elections. In particular, New Democracy has a narrow lead of 0.2 percent for...

Former Greek premier George Papandreou has again cast the blame on the country's crushing economic crisis that occurred on watch from 2009-11 on the European Union for acting too slow to help, and on his predecessor, Costas Karamanlis, for...

A visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Athens she first wants to see proof there will be a primary surplus before any talks of debt relief. Samaras has said there will be a primary...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting Athens on April 11 under tight security the day after a terrorist car bombing and Greece's first sale of a sovereign bond in four years, was expected to sign a deal with a Greek...

After selling its first sovereign bond since seeking international bailouts four years ago, Greece has shown that it has taken a "decisive step to exit the crisis," Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the issuance of a five-year instrument for...

An anti-racism bill stalled four months ago in an apparent political power play has been brought back by the government and seeks to stiffen penalties for crimes concerning hate, discrimination and violence. The package was initially seen as yet another...

Greece's main opposition party SYRIZA has called all citizens of Athens to a demonstration on Friday against the visit of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. SYRIZA stressed that the visit of Chancellor Merkel in Athens to “is to support the Samaras-Venizelos coalition government,...

Moving to head off the release of more secret videos that could provide claims the government has trumped up charges against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, a prosecutor has asked Parliament to lift the immunity of the extremists spokesman...

Greek Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the man in charge of firing thousands of public workers in an austerity drive, said the big spending cuts and tax hikes are paying off with a looming recovery that will be buoyed...