November 22, 2015
Politics
This is a First Class Fiasco for a political party that claims to govern Greece. Everything was ready for the elections on Sunday morning, voters had gone to the polling stations, their ID and 3 euro at hand, the four candidates were standing by at the race start. 1,290 ballot …
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April 2, 2015
Politics
They remove dust from their suits, iron shirts and ties and put their bets on the failure of SYRIZA-led coalition government. They offer themselves to a noble cause: to save the country. Main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that he was ready to join a unity …
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March 4, 2015
Politics
“I was speechless, when I heard it in the news, I didn’t know what was about,” Alternate Minister for Public Order & Citizen’s Protection Yiannis Panousis told media Wednesday morning. He was referring to an document – a circular, in fact – issued by a high-ranking police officer and claiming …
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February 3, 2015
Economy
Greece said to delete the debt write-off proposal from its negotiation list and proposed a debt swap instead. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told about 100 financiers in London on Monday, that Greece would seek to swap some Greek debt owned by the European Central Bank and the European Financial Stability …
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February 1, 2015
Politics
A poll conducted by Public Issue on behalf of the newspaper “Aygi” Sunday edition reflects the satisfaction of Greeks for the election result on the previous Sunday. 70% of respondents said they believed that Alexis Tsipras will succeed as Prime Minister. Poll in detail“Are you satisfied with the election results?“, 60% …
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January 23, 2015
Economy, Politics
If SYRIZA wins the elections and forms a government on Monday Greeks will run will run out of toilet paper. This is what ND-candidate Sofia Voultepsi implied just 48 hours before the elections. “bank run” vs “toilet paper run”? Speaking to Mega TV on Friday morning, former government spokeswoman Sofia …
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January 20, 2015
Politics
Suspicious activities, traces of wiretapping and eavesdropping have been located in the area where the headquarters of Nea Dimokratia and SYRIZA are located. According to daily TA NEA, mobile phones are been under surveillance with fake base stations, an incident similar to a case revealed last month by Norwegian daily …
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January 19, 2015
Very Mix
Only if you live in Greece and read every crap posted on mainstream websites or listen to mainstream media to realized the fear-mongering propaganda Greek voters are exposed to, just days before the parliamentary elections next Sunday. One of the striking examples we witnessed Monday morning. The news was referring …
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January 13, 2015
Politics
Have you been thinking all of the time that the symbol of social media Twitter is a “chirping bird” tweeting 140-characters long? Well, I have bad news for you. You have been wrong all of the time. Then according to conservative Nea Dimokratia, the fluffy Twitter bird has allegedly some connection …
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December 19, 2014
Politics
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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December 15, 2014
Editor, Politics
Two days before the first round of voting for Greece’s next President and government officials piously grabbed the pews in the sacred church of power and televion pannels, turned on the alarm lights of the government vehicles and set up to a frenzy populism campaing full of dilemmas, panic and …
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December 9, 2014
Editor, Politics
I have the strong feeling that since yesterday I live a Greek déjà vu experience. Components of the situation we face today that is the “political games vs snap elections” strongly remind me of summer of 2009, when then main opposition party PASOK was threatening the government of Nea Dimokratia …
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November 14, 2014
Politics
Sudden and unexpected, Nea Dimokratia MP Andreas Psycharis submitted his resignation from the party of PM Samaras, right after he voted in the Greek Parliament in favor of the crucial bill granting debtors up to 100-installment payment scheme. In a press release, Psycharis explained the reason for his resignation as …
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October 2, 2014
Very Mix
Anti-terror Police managed a big blow against terrorists planning several attacks, Greek Minister for Public Order, Vassilis Kikilias, said on Thursday. In a joint press conference with the chief of Greek Police, the minister revealed that prominent shipowners, offices of multinational companies and political parties as well as the President …
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October 2, 2014
Politics
“I have learned to live even on 1,500 euro!” Nea Dimokratia MP Maria Antoniou made a “historic” statement on a local television network apparently in an effort to demonstrate that even our elected members of the Parliament know very well what is “austerity.” “I am not rich… I have learned …
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September 30, 2014
Editor, Politics, Society
Hundreds of property owners stood long lines outside banks on Tuesday morning in order to pay the new unified property tax ENFIA. The deadline for the first installment expires today. The majority of Greeks eager to meet their tax obligations are seniors who received their pension a day earlier. At …
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September 12, 2014
Politics
The latest public opinion survey has several surprises. First that the Greek Communist party KKE occupies the third position in respondents’ preference and that it pushes down right-extremist Golden Dawn, for the first time since 2 years. The second surprise is that former Samaras’ coalition partner Democratic Left is not …
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June 4, 2014
Politics
It was shortly after 5 in the afternoon and a fully troubled plenary session, when police hanged a Presidential Decree announcing the unexpected closure of the Greek Parliament and the start of the summer sessions. The government decision to close the Parliament as expressed by the Presidential Decree took Greek …
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June 4, 2014
Politics
A new Baltakos-gate is under way? Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos claimed that he had private contacts to the director of the press officer of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and also two of Nea Dimokratia ministers. Speaking at the Greek Parliament, Michaloliakos said: Video: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt “Whenever …
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May 23, 2014
Politics
A war of words between the coalition government parties and main opposition SYRIZA has broken out, with coalition partners Nea Dimokratia and PASOK to launch fierce attacks against the left-wing party that threatens to win the EU elections in upcoming Sunday. The “flirt” with Golden Dawn voters before the second …
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