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Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday his party will never allow any deviations from the constitution and reiterated his request for elections, during a speech at the city of Agrinio, where he is visiting. “New Democracy will never...

"It is obvious that the governing and the opposition parties in Turkey are picking a fight for someone else's barn," the Greek Foreign ministry said in an announcement on Sunday. "Some in the neighbourhood wish to drag Turkey towards behaviours...

Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos spoke in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, on Thursday regarding many predominant issues facing Greece and Europe and what he feels needs to be done to better society. “Europe will exist with one face, one...

The program review of September will be difficult, coordinator of economic affairs, Christos Staikouras of the New Democracy (ND) party said to ANA-MPA. ND, the main opposition of the SYRIZA-ANEL government also commented during his interview with the ANA-MPA that...

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...