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Greece
Greek Parliament Passes New Migration Code
The Greek Parliament late Tuesday night passed a draft law concerning principles of the migration code.
The new bill was supported by New Democracy, PASOK (ELIA) and DIMAR, but rejected by Independent Greeks (ANEL), Golden Dawn, and the Greek Communist Party (KKE). Opposition...
Economy
Samaras To Troika: Show Me The Money
After reaching a still mostly-secret agreement with international lenders, which included a big cut in how much money from a primary surplus would go to people most affected by austerity, Greece now wants a quick release of a long-delayed...
Greece
The PASOK Follies: Unfunniest Show On Earth
Just when things get grim in Greece, you can always turn to the vanishing PASOK Anti-Socialists for a few yuks, featuring their answer to Abbott and Costello, current leader Evangelos "The Opportunist" Venizelos and the man he succeeded, so...
Economy
Greece Races To Finish Troika Deal
Greek officials on March 16 were pushing to meet a self-imposed deadline by the end of the day to conclude a long-sought deal with envoys from official lenders before a next-day session of Eurozone finance ministers in hopes of...
Greece
No More Coffee Breaks For Greek MPs
Greek Members of Parliament - who already get bonuses to attend committee meetings on top of their salaries of almost 6,000 euros a month - now will have to pay for their own coffee, cookies and water during board...
Economy
Greece, Troika Wrangle Over Surplus
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' vow to return 70 percent of an expected 1.5 billion euro ($2.07 billion) primary surplus to people most affected by crushing austerity measures is being challenged by international lenders who want more of it diverted...
Economy
Troika Deal Hopes Set For April
Missing a deadline to reach a deal on unresolved reforms before the March 10 meeting of Eurozone finance chiefs, Greece is bnow hoping to make an agreement with its international lenders in April so that they will release a...
Greece
Opinion Poll: SYRIZA and Giannis Sgouros in the Lead
A Kappa Research opinion poll concerning the upcoming European Parliament election and local elections carried out on behalf of the newspaper “To Vima,” shows SYRIZA and the current Head of the Region of Attica in the lead.
In particular, the...
Greece
Political Rift Uproots Olive Tree Movement
The founding congress of Greece's new Elia (Olive Tree) movement trying to unify the country's fractured left broke apart as it began when forces loyal to former prime minister George Papandreou refused to back current PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos...
Greece
Troika Wants Greek Politics Transparency
Greece's international lenders want an end to the practice of political parties taking money from the state treasury and spending it any way they want and are asking for accountability and transparency in a political system critics said is...