Syriza
Economy
Pangalos Tells Greeks: Flee if SYRIZA Wins
Outspoken former Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoras Pangalos, who served in a PASOK Socialist government from 2009-12 before retiring after his party took a beating in last year's elections, said if the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical...
Greece
Kouvelis Open to Participate in a Left-Wing Government
The accusations of the Greek coalition Government that SYRIZA’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, tried to encourage an “apostasy” of coalition MPs who are disgruntled with the current policy, are changing the rules of the current political scene. The president of...
Economy
DIMAR Rejects Bid To Re-Join Coalition
Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis, whose party is fast fading away, said he nonetheless will not bring it back into the fold of the coalition government in which he once served for Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative...
Economy
Booted PASOK MP Rejects SYRIZA Too
Tossed out of the PASOK Socialists for defying orders to vote against a censure motion brought against Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, by the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA,) lawmaker Theodora...
Greece
Two Polls Bad News For Tsipras, PASOK
Two new political surveys show that the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras maintain a growing lead in one of the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and slightly behind in the other...
Economy
Tension in Greek Parliament for PDO Products
The decision which allows Canada the use of the name of Greek products with protected designation of origin (PDO), like feta cheese and Kalamata olives, caused reactions even among the MPs of the New Democracy political party. Athanasios Tsaftaris...
Economy
SYRIZA Would Block EU Funding
If he's ever elected, major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZ) leader Alexis Tsipras said he would veto any European Union decision requiring unanimity to make the country's international lenders better the terms of their bailout deals -...
Greece
SYRIZA Takes Lead Over New Democracy
There's good news and bad news for Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA.) The bad news was the licking the party took when its motion for a vote of no-confidence in the government of...
Greece
Dora Bakogiannis: Democratic Left Must Rejoin Government
Dora Bakogiannis, New Democracy’s MP in an interview she gave at Realfm 97.8 earlier today, stated that Democratic Left (DIMAR) must return to the Greek coalition government. She urged the Greek Prime Minister to take initiatives in order to...
Economy
Greece Says On Track For Surplus
While Greece is locked in tense negotiations with its international lenders over a looming budget gap of as much as 2.9 billion euros, Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said he still expects the country will record a primary surplus...