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Greek PM Tsipras Promises a New Era in Country’s Television Landscape

Greece’s television landscape will soon change, with the number of licenses granted for TV channels broadcasting nationally restricted to four, according to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The Syriza-led government has been eager to change the country's television landscape since...

Twenty SYRIZA MPs Propose Cannabis Legalization for Medical Purposes

Twenty SYRIZA lawmakers proposed in parliament on Monday the full legalization of cannabis for medical and pharmaceutical purposes. The proposal was addressed to the Ministers of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights; Health; Economy; Development and Tourism; Agriculture and Food, Interior...

Early Elections on Horizon for Greece?

With Greece in the grip of mass protests against the government’s plans for an overhaul of the country’s pension system and additional austerity measures, the prospect of early elections looms on the horizon. Greece’s controversial Minister of Defense Panos Kammenos...

Only in Greece: Syriza Supports Mass Protests Against Its Own Government

Syriza’s disgraceful tergiversation with regard to austerity and Greece’s bailout schemes may be interpreted by some as a matter of political expediency stemming from the alleged fact that there were no other options available. However, Tsipras and his inner circle...

Greece Under Syriza Begins to Bear a Leery Resemblance to Maduro’s Venezuela

Greece’s ongoing protests by the nation’s farmers, professionals and working class people against the government’s plans for pension reform and raising new tax revenues are having effects across the economy, according to market analysts, thereby adding additional pressures to...

PM Tsipras Tells SYRIZA His Gov't Has Been Legitimized by the People

The Greek government will implement the agreement it has achieved with its lenders while “maintaining strictly its red lines”, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday during a speech at a meeting of SYRIZA’s political secretariat. According to party...

Greek PM in Search of New Political Alliances

With the review process of the new bailout program under way and Greece’s creditors pushing for more austerity and a deeper adjustment into the nation’s pension system than the one proposed by the Tsipras government, the Greek Prime Minister...

Stage Play Controversy Reveals a Government with Twisted Views on Terrorism

It could have been a play that would go unnoticed by the general public. After all the Experimental Stage of the National Theater of Greece caters mostly to avid theater lovers. Yet, the fact that "The Nash Equilibrium" is...

Tsipras’ Love Affair With Netanyahu's Israel Deserves an Explanation

Only a few months before it’s rise to power, Tsipras' Syriza party was attacking Israel’s “criminal” policies towards Palestinians. Today, Greece’s Syriza-led government has established a cozy relationship with Netanyahu’s Israel, thereby adding yet another chapter to Tsipra’s pre-election lies...

Manolis Glezos Apologizes to the Greek People for Trusting Tsipras

During a visit to Corinth to take part in a farmers' blockade, political veteran and activist Manolis Glezos did not mince his words in criticizing the Syriza-led government and PM Alexis Tsipras. In a tone that displayed  his bitter...