Panagiotis Lafazanis

The absurdity of Greece's ruling party is a mirror of the paradox of the country's public opinion and political thinking. Greece's most popular leftist party has a "Left Platform." On Monday night, SYRIZA's infamous Left Platform put on a...

Greece's former Energy and Finance Ministers worked secretly on schemes to return to the drachma, according to two German media. Spiegel Online featured an article about the reactions of Greek opposition parties to the alleged scheme by former Finance Minister...

Sticking to his guns, SYRIZA's Left Platform leader Panagiotis Lafazanis insisted that the Greek government will lose support within the party if it continues down a pro-Memorandum path. "If the government becomes irretrievably identified with new and old Memoranda and the policies that...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for 10 billion dollars in order to print drachmas, according to newspaper "To Vima." The newspaper report cited Tsipras saying in his last major interview to Greek national broadcaster ERT that "in order for...

On Monday the Greek ministries that were reshuffled on Friday had their official changing of the guard. In the Labor Ministry, George Katrougalos replaced Panos Skourletis who will be now leading the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy. “The agreement with the creditors is...

Greece's former Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis criticized the bailout deal that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to. Lafazanis, leader of SYRIZA's so-called Left Platform, made his comments in an interview to Greek newspaper Agora and an article he penned for newspaper “Ta...

Wildfires are quickly spreading across Attica, Laconia and Halkida due to strong winds, while the fire department is attempting to bring the situation under control. Meanwhile, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Pentagon where he was informed...

They called it deal, agreement, treaty, honest compromise, bailout. They dressed it up with fancy words like “social justice,” “fair taxation,” “growth prospect,” “debt haircut.” What they never called it was what it truly was: a Memorandum of Understanding....

In anticipation of the decisive vote at the Greek Parliament, the SYRIZA Parliamentary Group convened on Wednesday. The country's governing party is facing one of its most crucial moments since its inception in 2004 with a significant number of lawmakers set to...

The decision for a government reshuffle is taken by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is prepared to replace cabinet members who will vote against the new bailout deal for Greece. According to sources close to the prime minister, Tsipras is...