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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% …

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Greece’s new cabinet of SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government has been announced on Tuesday. Left-wing SYRIZA decided to merge several ministries and establish so-called “super ministries” staffed with several alternate and deputy ministers. Media reported earlier of a 10+10+10 scheme that is: 10 ministers + 10 alternate ministers + 10 deputy …

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Greece’s political kitchen is boiling after Independent Greeks allegations that a middleman attempted to bribe an party MP with 2-3 million euro in order to vote in favor of government presidential candidate Stavros Dimas. After Independent Greeks chairman Panos Kammenos revealed at the press conference that he first met the …

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Stavroula Xoulidou, a lawmaker from right-wing Independent Greeks party, claimed that she was offered 3 million euro to vote for Greece’s next President. Xoulidou made her claims during a late night show on Tuesday short after party president Panos Kammenos had claimed that there were attempts from the side of …

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“Jobless” and “university degree”. That were the criteria Panos Kammenos, leader of conservative nationalist party Independent Greeks posted on Facebook in an attempt to get election candidates. On April 7th 2014, Panos Kammenos posted on Facebook that he sought candidates especially unemployed with European studies who agree the the party …

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Molotov cocktail bombs, streets barricades, tear gas…. angry protesters attacked the police station of Keratsini on Wednesday afternoon hours after the murder of rapper and anti-fascist Pavlos Fyssas by a suspected member of far-right Golden Dawn. flowers, candles and other items were left on the spot where Fyssas was stabbed …

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This has certainly not happened before: that a politician, and thus a political party leader, urges people to lynch someone, in this case a local mayor. Speaking to a group of residents of Aristotelis municipality in Chalidiki, Panos Kammenos, leader of Independent Greeks ‘advised’ to lynch Aristotelis mayor Christos Pachtas: …

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An interesting trial began Thursday morning at First Instance Cour tin Athens. Defendants are the brother of former prime minister George Papandreou, Andreas (nickname Andrikos) and leader of Independent Greeks party, Panos Kammenos. Papandreou took Kammenos to court when the latter publicly accused him, that he was involved in transactions involving credit default swaps …

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A serious quarrel broke out among party officials of  Greek opposition party Independent Greeks, with spokesperson Christos Zois to have submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning. The quarrel that threatens to split the fourth largest party of the Greek parliament started on Monday, when INDEPGREEKS leader Panos Kammenos abandoned a meeting …

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Another “historical” day broke up in Greece, another “crucial crossroad”, another “last” attempt to form a government, nine days after the May-6 elections. Karolos Papoulias will meet political leaders at the presidential mansion at 2 pm. During talks on Monday, Papoulias sent Samaras (ND), Venizelos (PASOK) and Kouvelis (Democratic Left) home with …

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Wednesday afternoon finds Greek politicians at the pick of exploratory talks to form a government after public vote on May 6th failed to elect a clear winner with absolute or even relevant majority.  On Tuesday, leader of second party, left wing  Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), Alexis Tsipras received the mandate …

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Winner of Greek Elections 2012 Antonis Samaras has been appointed by the President of the Republic to form a government.  As Samaras achieved only 18.85% of the votes but failed by far to secure the absolute majority, Karolos Papoulias assigned him with the mandate to lead exploratory talks in order to …

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First official results show winners and losers of Greek elections 2012. What is clear is that no party winds the absolute majority. conservative Nea Dimocratia hardly gets less than 21%, thus by counted 38% of the votes. Socialist PASOK suffers a historical low and left-wing SYRIZA emerges to second party. A coalition …

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