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Spanish Podemos Mobilizes Tens of Thousands in a Power Display with Greek Flags

In what is seen as a mass power display ahead of the upcoming Spanish general elections Spanish leftist party Podemos mobilized tens of thousands in Madrid on Saturday. Crowds chanted “yes we can” or “tic tac tic tac” to...

Portugal and Spain: We Won't Follow Greece in a Possible Rupture With EU

Portugal is not a signatory to a possible Greek request for debt restructuring, clarified earlier today the country’s Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho. Addressing the Portuguese Parliament, Coelho assured that he does not intent to participate in any team...

Greece Mourns For Two Pilots Killed in Spain

The funerals of the two pilots who were killed in Spain, during a tragic Greek Air Force plane crash in Albacete, Spain took place today, Thursday January 29. Panagiotis Laskaris’ funeral took place at 12 p.m. in Rizoupoli, Athens, while...

Two Greek Pilots Killed in Albacete NATO Base [Video]

A day of mourning for the Hellenic Air Force. Two young, very experienced pilots lost their lives yesterday while on duty on a NATO exercise in Albacete, Spain, when their Greek Air Force two-seater F-16D Block 50 fighter jet...

At Least 10 Dead in Greek Fighter Jet Crash in Spain [Video]

A Greek Air Force F-16 has crashed during a NATO exercise near the Spanish city of Albacete. Local media report that the plane was flying low and crashed into an airport hangar shortly after take-off. Spain's Defense Ministry said 10 people...

S&P Warns Euroscepticists Could Hurt European Ratings

A warning that might lead some Greek voters to reconsider their options, just 48 hours ahead of the Greek general elections, was issued earlier today by New York-based ratings house Standard and Poor’s (S&P). As it announced, European countries could face...

Tsipras: From the Darkness of Austerity to the Light of Democracy

On January 25, Greece will close the door to the past, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras wrote in an article published in Spanish paper El Pais, according to a party announcement. “SYRIZA's victory is the hope of change for the world...

Podemos Leader to Stand By SYRIZA Leader in Final Election Rally

Pablo Iglesias, leader of the recently formed leftist Spanish party Podemos, will be present at SYRIZA's final rally before the elections. SYRIZA's final rally and main event before the elections will take place on Thursday, January 22. Iglesias will appear...

Spanish and Greek PMs Pledge to Protect European Borders and Currency

The shared values and goals of Greece and Spain were discussed in the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy this morning at the government headquarters. Samaras said that Greeks recognize the help of the Spanish...

Spanish PM Rajoy to Visit Athens in Support of PM Samaras Ahead of Greek Elections

A few days after Spanish Finance Minister Luis De Guindos categorically denied that the critical January 25 Greek elections have any relevance with Spain, and just a few hours after the leader of leftist Podemos, Pablo Iglesias Turrion, sent...