Syriza

A Parliamentary debate over a bill introducing reforms to Greece's prison system and the creation of "type C" maximum-security cells caused a fierce conflict between the Public Order Minister Haralambos Athanasiou and left-wing opposition party SYRIZA. The bill was voted on Tuesday...

The Greek government is not in favor of Parliament Speaker Vangelis Meimarakis’ view to debate on a possible referendum regarding the privatization of part of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) over the weekend if 120 MPs call for it. Meimarakis expressed his...

Opposition parties on Thursday agreed to a proposal by main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party leader Alexis Tsipras to meet on Monday over the possibility of calling for a referendum against the Public Power Corporation's (PPC) privatization. Tsipras' initiative...

There has been serious reaction to the Greek Government's attempt to sell 30% of the Greek PPC (DEY), especially from the opposition party, SYRIZA, as well as several unions. Meanwhile, Greek citizens and tourists face the possibility of blackouts...

The leader of the new To Potami (The River) political movement which got just 6.6 percent of the vote in the European Parliament elections, has called on Greeks to reject the two-ruling party system which brought the country to...

The Greek Parliament ratified by a majority vote on Thursday an amendment that allows for the restitution of judges' wages, as well as an additional amendment which allows for the medicinal coverage of uninsured citizens by the state's uniform...

A draft bill to privatize the "small PPC" - a spinoff of the Public Power Corporation - will be tabled in Parliament on July 2, according to government sources on Monday. The decision came at a meeting at the government...

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras addressed the main opposition party’s Central Committee raising two dilemmas and calling on its members to decide whether they will let the government get worn out or try to cause early polls by preventing the election...

Fresh off a triumphant visit from Chinese peer Li Keqiang, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras now is going to turn his attention to domestic matters, including pushing through reforms he pledged to international lenders. Li and Samaras talked about developing...

A court file that was sent to the Greek Parliament yesterday evening, June 18, appears to have opened Pandora's box. Reportedly, the file states that PASOK’s leader, Evangelos Venizelos, and former PASOK Finance Minister, Giorgos Papaconstantinou, are criminally liable for...