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SYRIZA Leader Meets With Activists Opposing Former Athens Airport Sale

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras met on Friday with activists campaigning for the conversion of the former Athens airport site at Elliniko, Greece , into a metropolitan park and expressed the party's support "for the struggle of Elliniko residents...

Greek Main Opposition SYRIZA Disappointed by European Commission President Statements

The intense reaction of Greek main opposition SYRIZA caused the statements of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who appeared to support the country's current government in the possibility of snap elections triggered after an unsuccessful vote for the new President of...

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...

Bloomberg Sees Danger of Grexit

The nightmarish Grexit scenarios of 2010 and 2011 are back, after the recent political turmoil in Greece, said Bloomberg. As international investors analyze the options, they see that Greece's status in the Eurozone is in question again. The 12.78-point record plunge...

New Poll: Greek Main Opposition SYRIZA Leads Over New Democracy by 4.8%

Greece's main opposition SYRIZA has a 4.8% lead over ruling New Democracy (ND) according to an "Alco" opinion poll to be published on Thursday, December 11, in Greek newspaper "Pontiki." SYRIZA collected 28% of the votes and ND 23.2%. Extreme-right Golden Dawn...

Prime Minister Samaras: Greeks don't Want Snap Elections

Greeks don’t want snap elections and will punish those who try to force them, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said at an event organized by the National Conferederation of Greek Commerce (ESEE), adding that MPs will have to behave responsibly. The Premier attacked the main...