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Golden Dawn Kicked Out of New Bill Discussion in Greek Parliament

Golden Dawn on Wednesday was suspended in absentia from the two plenary sessions to discuss the new omnibus bill that includes several austerity measures. The Conference of House Speakers decided unanimously that the ultra-rightist party lawmakers should not participate in...

Golden Dawn MP Violently Pushes New Democracy Lawmaker Inside Parliament

Golden Dawn party deputy Ilias Kasidiaris on Monday violently pushed New Democracy parliamentary spokesman Nikos Dendias because he walked in front of him while he was addressing the House. Kasidiaris was speaking to the Parliamentary Financial Affairs Committee from his seat...

New Democracy Will Renegotiate With the Partners, Parliament Spokesman Dendias Says

The offset measures will be implemented only if we have a higher than 3.5% of GDP surplus, main opposition New Democracy parliamentary spokesman Nikos Dendias on Monday said in statements to ANT1 TV. He stated that New Democracy will renegotiate...

New Democracy Leader Facing Two-Sided Pressure Over Party's Future Leadership

New Democracy interim leader Evangelos Meimarakis is likely to organize party elections on August 30, 2015. This decision, however, could be facing opposition from within the party. Meimarakis has taken over the reigns in New Democracy after Antonis Samaras stepped down following...

Who Will Be New Democracy's Next Leader?

Following Antonis Samaras's resignation as New Democracy party president after the victory of the NO vote, which Samaras and the party vehemently opposed, questions arise over who will take over the party's reigns. The leadership currently lies in the hands Evangelos Meimarakis, President...

New Democracy Leadership Future Uncertain After Referendum

The centre-right wing New Democracy party could be facing a leadership crisis after the first result of an overwhelming NO vote in Sunday's referendum. Antonis Samaras, the current party leader and Greece's prime minister from June 2012 to January 2012, is allegedly facing pressure to...

1 Million Euro Reward for Xeros' Arrest

The Greek newspaper Kathimerini has confirmed the rumors that circulated the media when known Greek terrorist Christodoulos Xeros was arrested in Anavyssos, on Saturday, January 3. According to the rumors police had provided one million euros as a reward...

Historic Golden Dawn Trial is Expected to Last Roughly a Year

The historic and unprecedented trial of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and the leadership of his extreme-right Golden Dawn party - the first time since World War II that a Parliamentary party in Greece or on a global level is charged...

New Democracy Leader Faces Second Round of Party Wrangling

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras will once again see his leadership challenged when he will meet with the party's political committee on Sunday. After a long meeting of the New Democracy parliamentary group where Samaras tried to affirm his position as the...

Greek Deputy Migration Minister: Citizenship Granting Bill for Second Generation Migrants to be Tabled First

Greece’s Deputy Migration Policy Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou, in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency, declared that her first bill to be tabled in the Greek Parliament will be the one regarding granting citizenship to second generation migrants. As she said, the bill is...