Greek Parliament voted today the bill that grants migrants’ children the right to Greek citizenship. The bill’s main purpose is Greek citizenship for second generation children born in Greece to migrant parents) which weren’t covered by any legal framework. According to Alternate Migration Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou the bill will affect …

“The revised proposal of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker from June 27/28 plus five changes added by the Greek government will be the basis for the new negotiations between Greece and creditors,” after the Sunday’s Referendum. This was reportedly decided at the Political Leaders Council under President Pavlopoulos on Monday. …

The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21,  will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …

Greek Parliament approved with votes the government proposal for Referendum on Creditors’ proposal on July 5th 2015. YES voted: SYRIZA, INDEPENDENT GREEKS, GOLDEN DAWN. NO voted: NEW DEMOCRACY, PASOK, TO POTAMI, KKE. The Referendum Question The roll call voting started at 2 a.m. Sunday, after a heated debate that lasted …

In a poll conducted June 3rd and 4th but before Greece decided to ‘bundle’ its four trances to the IMF into, the overwhelming majority of Greeks responded that they wanted the country to remain in the eurozone and the Euro as currency. Question: Euro or Our own Currency? Answers: 74% …

Despite all odds. Despite all pressure and “bankruptcy” threats and blackmails. 48% of Greeks support left-wing SYRIZA and 54% approve the government’s approach in negotiations with lenders, while 58% want that the Government does not step back under the creditors’ pressure. The majority of respondents reject the additional austerity measures …

It has been confirmed again and again, despite Schaeubles & Co, despite the harsh austerity, despite the internal devaluation of the people’s incomes due to inability to devalue the common currency: The majority of Greeks want the country to remain in the Eurozone. Even if this mean a new bailout …

Who drove Greece to the economic and consequently political ruin? Apparently there have been 12 people or better say categories of people who have put their hands in ruining Greece. Political magazine POLITICO makes a historical approach to find those responsible for the troubles that have been harrowing the country …

Greek lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favor of setting up a committee to examine the circumstances under which Greece agreed to bailouts totaling 240 billion euros with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The proposal was approved with 156 of the 250 lawmakers present voting in favor, 72 …

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has challenged all opposition parties to take a straight position and say whether they support the government’s negotiations strategy with the country’s creditors. “Will you support the negotiations strategy to put an end to austerity or will you continue to acts as the mouthpieces of the …

At least two in three Greeks are satisfied with the way Greek government negotiated with the EU partners and seven in ten agree with the Eurogroup agreement. 76% are positive about the government’s overall performance, and 42% would vote for SYRIZA if elections were to be held on Sunday. In …

Prokopis Pavlopoulos was elected to be Greece’s next President with 233 votes in the Parliament on Wednesday. Pavlopoulos, a retired politician from Nea Dimokratia, was nominated by SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government and supported by ND. He succeeds Karolos Papoulias whose term ends on March 13th, 2015. The President of the …

The party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left-wing SYRIZA takes a huge lead towards main opposition Nea Dimokratia of former PM Antonis Samaras. In a poll conducted twenty days after the January 25th elections by MARC for private Alpha TV, SYRIZA not only increased its elections rates of 37% to …

With a record number of votes (235) SYRIZA MP Zoe Konstantopoulou was elected Greece’s Parliament Speaker. Konstantopoulou is the second woman to be elected for this office and with 38 years old the youngest Parliament Speaker in the Greek Parliament. She is a human rights lawyer and  a member of …

A ceremony is taking place Thursday morning to swear in the 300 newly elected lawmakers. Greek MPs have to choice to take a religious (Greek Orthodox and Muslim) or a political oath that is held for the first time in the Parliament after a request of the SYRIZA-led coalition government. …

In other Greek news away from the Greek debt… the government proceeded with some important changes concerning protests and police presence. Two rallies held on Saturday took place without armed police, without combat shields, without use of tear gas and with the metro stations open. This was a decision by …

President of European Parliament,  Martin Schulz is visiting Athens today to meet with new prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but also with opposition  party leaders Antonis Samaras (Nea Dimokratia), Evangelos Venizelos (PASOK), Stavros Theodorakis (To Potami) and George Papandreou (To Kinima), the former PM whose party failed to pass the 3% …

Results of 25. January elections showed the inevitable: that Greeks are tired and fed up with the strict austerity program, tat has been imposed since summer 2010. Below is a color diagram showing the change in voter’s behavior. In fact they moved from socialist to right-wing and from there to …

Election 25. January 2015: seven parties succeded the 3% threshold and entered the Greek Parliament. Registered voters: 9,.911,495 . Voted 63.87%. Invalid/White 2.36%. Out of the Parliament 8,62%. Coalition government: SYRIZA (149) – Independent Greeks (13 seats) = total 162 seats in a parliament of 300. Absolute Majority in Parliament …

The electoral map of Greece turned pink (SYRIZA) and blue… where it used to be green (PASOK) and blue (Nea Dimokratia) for 40 consequent years. Left-wing SYRIZA wins with a clear difference of 8.3% against conservative and pro-austerity Nea Dimokratia. Many might be shocked that neo-nazi Golden Dawn arises to …