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Extreme Right Makes Gains in Greek Elections

Three fringe parties of the extreme right and one of the extreme left are the newcomers in Greek politics after Sunday's elections. The big surprise is a new extreme right-wing formation called The Spartans which got 4.64 percent and gained...

Defiant Former President of Greek Parliament Refuses to Pay Highway Toll (video)

Zoe Konstantopoulou; the fiery former president of the Greek parliament, has refused to pay at a highway toll in solidarity to an activist who was jailed for the same reason. Konstantopoulou; president of the parliament during the first ‘revolutionary’ six months...

Emblematic Greek Leftist Corrects Rude Move of Former House Speaker (video)

Emblematic Greek Leftist Manolis Glezos corrected a rude move by former House Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou, who tried to stop German Ambassador to Greece Peter Schoof from placing a wreath in the monument of Nazi victims at Distomo on Saturday. During...

Rallies on the First-Year Anniversary of Greek Referendum

Three protest rallies in the center of Athens took place on the first anniversary of the Greek referendum on July 5. The protestors are sending the message to Europeans that despite the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government's referendum calling...

Kapa Research: ND Ahead by 5.2%, Zoe Konstantopoulou Makes it Back to the Parliament

The latest poll by Kapa Research published in the Sunday edition of "Vima" newspaper, presents two interesting facts regarding the political scene in Greece. The poll showed that Zoe Kontantopoulou's newly founded party "Pleusi Elefterias" (Course of Freedom) makes it...

Zoe Konstantopoulou to Present New Party 'Course of Freedom'

With words like "democracy," "justice," "clarity," "rights" and phrases like "debt erasure" and "claim of German debts," the former Parliament President, Zoe Konstantopoulou, launches her new party/movement, which will "rise through society and people who do not bow their...

Former Greek House Speaker Konstantopoulou to Start Own Party, Blasts Tsipras

Former house speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou has stated her intention to start her own party with the aim of bringing about the government’s collapse. Speaking on Skai television late on Tuesday night, the outspoken politician announced the formation of a new...

“Tsipras Told Me Only a Government of National Unity or a Dictatorship Can Save Greece,” Claims Former House Speaker

Greece’s former house speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou posted an article on her website titled “Who’s Afraid of the Truth” that deserves to be read and widely discussed. It sheds a critical light on the inside story of Syriza’s capitulation –...

Greek PM Tsipras: 'We Could Have Been Braver in Negotiations' [Video]

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted that his government could have been braver in deliberations with Greece's international lenders that brought the austere bailout program. Tsipras was interviewed for a documentary series called '#ThisIsACoup.' The documentary is made by Theopi Skarlatos...

Popular Unity: Not Popular Enough to Take a Seat in Greek Parliament

The word Popular by definition means liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group, however this was not the case for 'Popular Unity' (Laiki Enotita in Greek), a new party formed by SYRIZA dissidents. Popular Unity...