New Democracy
Greece
Political Rivals Condemn Terrorist Threats
Setting aside their political differences, Greece's bitterly-divided parties have condemned what was called a terrorist act, the sending of bullets in the mail to the country’s central banker and a prominent journalist.
Central Bank Governor Giorgos Provopoulos received an envelope...
Economy
Poll: Vote of Confidence to Greek Justice, Yes to the Euro
A new poll carried out by Greek Statistical Service MRB Hellas for Greek news-portal newsit.gr reveals that the Greek people have faith in the judicial system and want to stay in the eurozone.
The results of the poll indicate that...
Economy
Greek Banks May Need More Cash
While insisting the economy shows all the signs of recovering - as he has previously said the last several years only to be proved wrong - Bank of Greece Governor Giorgos Provopoulos issued a caveat that the country's banks...
Crime
SYRIZA Killing New Democracy, PASOK in Attica
A series of scandals, unresolved talks with the country's international lenders, and the escape of a terrorist seem to be taking their toll on Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government and his New Democracy Conservatives, who have fallen 7.7...
Greece
Get Your Greek Arrest Scorecard Right Here!
Ho-hum, another day in Greece, another arrest. A hundred here and a hundred there and pretty soon you're talking real numbers. A quick calculation shows that at this rate, the government will have arrested every person in the country...
Economy
Now Stournaras Doesn't Want Debt Cut
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, dismissing reports he may be appointed the Governor of the Bank of Greece which has had trouble predicting the country's fiscal fortune, told SKAI TV that he's changed his mind about asking the country's...
Crime
After Testimony, Another Greek Golden Dawn MP Jailed
On the heels of two of his colleagues being taken into detention earlier in the day, a third member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was jailed on Jan. 12, in Greece pending his trial along with the group's...
Economy
Samaras Says Coalition Strong, SYRIZA Hypocrites
Stepping up a war of words with his rivals, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, has insisted that his coalition with the PASOK Socialists will survive critical May European Parliament elections and run out its...
Crime
Golden Dawn Says Terrorists, Corrupt Free
Officials from the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, whose leaders have been jailed pending trial on charges of running a criminal gang have snapped back at the scandal-ridden government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader...
Economy
Steinmeier Keeps The Heat on Greece
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on a two-day official visit to Athens, said on Jan. 10 that the government must stick to reforms no matter the political cost.
He met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader,...