politics

Following interventions by Greek-American leaders, the political platforms approved at both the Republican and the Democratic Conventions had references to the Cyprus issue, although the drafts sent to the Conventions did not include the references. Congressman Gus Bilirakis from Florida played a crucial role...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday met his former rival for the party's leadership and interim party president Vangelis Meimarakis at ND's headquarters on Syggrou Avenue. According to sources, there was a "cordial atmosphere" and "coinciding...

The finance ministers of France and Italy agreed with Greek counterpart Euclid Tsakalotos on a more flexible treatment for Portugal and Spain during the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday, government sources said. Initially, only Tsakalotos supported the two countries...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attended the 2016 session of Greece's annual "Youth Parliament," which concluded on Monday. The prime minister was given an enthusiastic welcome by the teenage "MPs," who welcomed the opportunity to meet him and talk to...

New Democracy, Greece’s conservative opposition party, has once again called for a parliamentary inquiry into the specific events that lead up to the country’s third bailout agreement. In particular they are questioning the contingency plan for a scenario in which...

Scenarios raising fears that more measures will be demanded by Greece’s creditors regarding labor laws are not confirmed and are possibly instigated by domestic forces, Government Vice-President Giannis Dragasakis said in an interview with Efimeritha ton Syntakton, published on...

On Sunday, the president of New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during his official 3-day visit in Israel. After the meeting Mitsotakis commented that the exchange between himself and Rivlin was "exceptionally interesting and very warm",...

A political storm was fueled a year after the Greek referendum with the release of American economist James Galbraith's book about Plan B for Greece drafted by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. The book, titled "Welcome to the Poison...

The full revision of the EU border agency FRONTEX’s mandate and its renaming to European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) to allow for a better and faster safeguarding of the EU's external borders was discussed in the session of...

The government's draft bill with proposed changes to the electoral law was posted for public consultation in Greek Parliament on Friday. The new bill makes a number of changes, such as the elimination of a 50-seat bonus for the winning party...