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DIMAR Leader: Party MPs Voting for President are not Apostates

Any Democratic Left (DIMAR) MP to vote for the President of the Hellenic Republic in the upcoming Parliament ballots will not be considered an apostate or a venal, party leader Fotis Kouvelis declared earlier today during an interview to Greek...

Prosecutor to Decide Whether Golden Dawn MPs Can Vote

A special prosecutor will decide whether the seven Golden Dawn MPs held in pre-trial custody should be allowed to vote in the presidential election that starts on Wednesday. Prosecutor Nikolas Poimenidis -- who handles cases relating to persons held at...

Greek PM Samaras Calls all MPs to Vote in Favor of a New President

In an article with Greek newspaper "Real News," Prime Minister Antonis Samaras sent a message to all MPs to set aside the "clouds of political uncertainty and instability" by voting in favor of a new President of the...

SYRIZA and DIMAR Leaders' Meeting Sparks Collaboration Rumors

The meeting between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and Democratic Left (DIMAR) head Fotis Kouvelis sparked rumors that the two Greek opposition parties will collaborate in the snap general elections. According to a report in Greek newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton," talks...

SYRIZA Central Committee Secretary: We don't Recognize the Agreement with the Troika

The denial of his party to stick with the two-month extension of the Greek program expressed the Secretary of the Central Committee of main opposition SYRIZA, Dimitris Vitsas, leaving at the same time the possibility open of not even recognizing the agreement...

EU Commission President: Greece Should Avoid 'Wrong Outcome' in Elections

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made the controversial statement on Thursday that Greece should avoid electing "extremist forces" into power, according to EUobserver. Juncker was participating in a debate with EUobserver and other Brussels-based journalists for Austrian public television. Commenting...

New Democracy and SYRIZA Heading to Presidential Vote with an Eye on Snap Elections

January 25 or February 1 have emerged as the possible dates for the conduction of snap general elections in Greece if the coalition government fails to attract the 180 needed MP votes for the election of the new President of...

Greek PM: 'SYRIZA Makes Foreigners Talk Again About a Grexit'

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Thursday leveled harsh criticism against main opposition SYRIZA, while speaking to New Democracy's Parliamentary group. "SYRIZA makes foreigners talk again about a Grexit," Samaras said. "We managed to pull the country out of...

Is Geogre Papandreou Launching a New Party?

The climate between Former Prime Minister and President of PASOK George Papandreou and the party's current leader, Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, has never been the best possible. The two came head to head for...

Greek Govt VP and German FinMin: Political Stability Is Key for Greek Economy

To the reforms and the progress Greece has made during all this time, referred the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, after his meeting with Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, earlier this afternoon in Berlin. "Greece has gone...