The “Movement of Unemployed” plans to join the upcoming parliamentary elections, it was announced during a press conference in Thessaloniki. Party representative Gavriil Avramidis addressed the jobless in Greece but also all social classes that are affected by the economic crisis to form a joint front and help the party enter the parliament. …

Over the weekend German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble gave two interviews about Greece. One to Greek daily To Vima and one to Italian La Republica. To the Greek daily he said that Germany is ready to do whatever it takes to help Greece and stressed the proposal to send German tax …

While date for early elections will be set as soon as the PSI completes at the end of this week, more and more Greeks turn their backs to the two big parties, socialist PASOK and conservative Nea Dimokratia. The parties that governed (and ruined)  the country for more than three …

It is just one month after the coalition government of ex-banker Premier Lucas Papademos came into power and Greeks are already fed up. According to a public survey conducted by MRB, 55.1% say that the image of Papademos’ government is ‘bad’ , while 60.7% of Greek citizens want parliamentary elections …

Delaying in the release of the sixth aid tranche and the PSI negotiations will delay the elections as well, Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the parliamentary economic committee  of PASOK. “February 19th is a ‘conventional’ date” stressed Venizelos. The new transition coalition government partners had agreed on early election to …

“Return to Drahma” is no option for the vast majority of Greeks. They prefer the Euro… In a public survey concluded by the MARC company for news paper ETHNOS, 81.1% of the Greeks favor the Euro, while only 12.9% would like a return to “Drachma”. The poll was conducted among 1,004 …

The winds of Aeolus strongly started to blow in Greece and a storm of reactions came from the opposition, after PM George Papandreou announced a referendum on the loan-agreement of the Oct 26th, 2011 and a confidence vote. The whole opposition asks early elections, the Athens Stock Exchange plunges and …

Transportation & Infrastructure Minister Kostas Karamanlis who resigned after the deadly train collision will be again an elections candidate of New Democracy in the upcoming elections. This was announced on Monday by government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou after a journalist question at the briefing. “On the part of ND and Mr. …

The amendment banning political parties whose leaders have been convicted of crimes from running in the elections was passed in the Greek parliament late on Wednesday. The amendment tabled by the Interior Ministry was passed with the votes of ruling New Democracy (ND) and the PASOK-KINAL. Main opposition SYRIZA voted …

Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA announced on Tuesdaythat will no longer participate in Parliament voting with only one exception. At a press conference, leader Alexis Tsipras demanded the dissolution of the Parliament and immediate declaration of elections date, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of being “morally and politically compromised.” …

Greek authorities are investigating how ex-Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris has been able to launch a new political party and run a moderately successful election campaign from the maximum-security Domokos Prison. Despite restrictions on communications, the convicted neo-Nazi has 122,000 followers on YouTube – his main campaigning tool – and …

A historic visit of the first Greek Prime Minister to the areas of ethnic Greek minority in Himara, Livadhia and Dervitsani in south Albania. Kyriakos Mitsotakis started his tour in Himara, where members of the Greek ethnic minority welcomed him at the seafront in the town. “Thank you for keeping …

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras gave the banks 10 days to proceed “immediately and bravely” with an increase in interest rates on deposits and a reduction in interest rates on new loans. He described the 4.86% interest rate on new loans in October as “unacceptable.” Speaking to Skai TV on Saturday, …

A serious diplomatic incident took place in Libya on Thursday morning with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to have cancelled his visit to Tripoli right after his plane had landed at the local airport. The FM, the delegation and journalists did not even got off the plane that continued to …

The conservative Greek prime Minister and opposition parties congratulated the Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his victory on Sunday. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Lula saying in a tweet on Monday that Brazil has a “vital role to play” in dealing with major global challenges including climate …

Three in four Greek citizens, 75%, believe that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has personal responsibility for the wiretapping, public opinion poll by the Public Issue has found. 19% of Greeks believes that he does not have. According to the same poll, one in three (35%) of New Democracy voters believes …

A shocking decision in the USA has Christian-Talibans in Greece to come out of their holes and claim a stop to abortions, a legal right women in Greece in 1979. Within minutes after the US Supreme Court decision became known several accounts on social media hailed the decision and started …

“Today we took a big step to bring hope back to our country,” president of Greece’s main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA-Progressive Allianc, Alexis Tsipras, stressed late on Sunday after the closing of the ballot boxes for the elections of the party leaders and members of the Central Committee. The former …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has traveled to Scotland on Tuesday, following an invitation by Charles, the Prince of Wales. At a meeting with the heir to the British throne in the Dumfries House in Ayrshire, they discussed  ideas to develop the former royal estate at Tatoi in north-western Athens. …

Animal Welfare NGO “Save a Greek Stray” filed a lawsuit against the two dog kennels run by the Municipality in Sparti for the appalling conditions in which some 400 animals are being kept. The lawsuit has been filed “against anyone responsible for the crime of animal abuse in both kennels …