May 15, 2017
Greece, Politics
An unprecedented incident took place in the Greek Parliament earlier on Monday. At least one Golden Dawn MP verbally and physically attacked the leader of the parliamentary group of New Democracy. The incident occurred in front of the cameras as the debate carried out at the economic parliamentary committee on …
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May 11, 2017
Greece, Politics
The leader of Greece’s main opposition party conservative New Democracy promised jobs to the unemployed children of … pensioners. Visiting a kafeneion, a traditional Greek coffee shop, in Kallithea suburb of south Athens, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: “I do not promise hiring in the public sector,” but stressed that his aim …
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March 23, 2017
Economy
The International Monetary Fund will seek assurances by Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy in case the fund decides to participate in the Greek program. In the regular briefing on Thursday, the spokesman of IMF, Gerry Rice, did not rule out assurances by the Greek opposition. Assurances mean that Greece’s …
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March 18, 2017
Greece, Politics
The Greek Parliament voted in favor of granting citizenship to descendants of Greek Jews, Holocaust survivors, on Friday. The voting took place after decades of delay. In 2011, the Greek government had voted in favor of granting citizenship to elderly Greek Jews who had survived the Holocaust. It is estimated …
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March 16, 2017
Greece, Politics, World
Anarchist terror organization “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claimed responsibility for the package with explosives sent from Greece to the German Finance Ministry and Wolfgang Schaeuble. In a website for the anti-authoritarian movement, the organization said that the package was “part II of the plan Nemesis” and hailed more than …
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March 2, 2017
Politics
Vice president of conservative New Democracy urged US investors to buy Greece now because it is cheap. In interview to US network CΝBC, Georgiadis said “if you want to buy Greece, buy now because it’s cheap.” Some wondered whether Georgiadis’ embarassing statement had to do with his rather poor command …
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February 14, 2017
Economy
As concerns over Greece and its debt mount, Athens has reportedly decided to call in Rothschild, one of the oldest financial firms in the world, to navigate the country’s long-running creditor stand-off and avert default. According to the Financial Times, Greek authorities hope to finalize the appointment before crunch debt …
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October 16, 2016
Politics
Greece’s main opposition party, conservative New Democracy, is one step before going bankrupt after one of Greece’s systemic banks claimed its loans. According to newspaper Agora, Piraeus Bank asked the full amount of loans to ND. The total amount is 160million euros, incl. loan €131million plus arrears and surcharges. The …
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September 6, 2016
Politics
Main opposition party, conservative New Democracy has gained immense support when compared to the ruling left-wing SYRIZA. In a public opinion poll conducted by the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki for private Skai TV the results are: New Democracy 27.5% SYRIZA 17.5% Golden Dawn 7.5% PASOK 5.5% KKE 5.5% Centrists’ union …
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April 19, 2016
Politics
Does SYRIZA play with the idea of holding a referendum? Government party MP Sakis Papadopoulos told Greek media on Tuesday morning that in case the review talks end in deadlock, the government could turn again to the people. “A Referendum might help,” Papadopoulos told private Star TV. Claiming to speak …
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December 21, 2015
Politics
Conservative New Democracy is more than happy. 400,000 members and supporters rushed to the polling stations that were set across the country to cast their vote for one of the four candidates for the party leadership. the final results of the first round of elections will be announced later today, …
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November 29, 2015
Politics
I don’t know, if it’s the seasonal flu. Bones are aching, coughing, a general feeling of weakness. But I am not alone. SYRIZa doesn’t feel well either. In the first public opinion poll since the elections in September, the party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has apparently lost more than …
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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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November 5, 2015
Politics
Lawmaker of conservative New Democracy, former Member of the European Parliament and ex Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos was violently attacked by a mob during a protest for the Pontus Greeks outside the Parliament in Athens earlier today. The mob punched him, attacked with with wooden sticks and torn apart …
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September 3, 2015
Politics
It is a fact that SYRIZA is losing voters. One has just to ask around in his social environment people who cast their votes in favor of the left-wing in the January elections. But is there a factual reason as to why conservative New Democracy is galloping ahead as the …
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September 3, 2015
Economy
The Value Added Tax of 23% was decided to be imposed on private education schools and tuition centers in August as an “equivalent measure” so that the absurd 23% V.A.T. on beef and other meats would be cancelled. Obliged to relocate revenue measures due to creditors’ fiscal targets, Greece has …
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August 24, 2015
Politics
After three days of ‘exploring options to form a new coalition government with other political parties, leader of conservative New Democracy Vaggelis Meimarakis returned the mandate to the President of the Republic. “I really do not understand, why we have to go to early elections,” Meimarakis told reporters on Monday …
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August 21, 2015
Politics
Twenty five SYRIZA lawmakers mainly from Left Platform of former Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis split from the party Tsipras’ party on Friday morning and formed their own independent group with the name “Popular Unity”. The anti-Memorandum party will run for the elections called on Thursday after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras …
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July 4, 2015
Politics
Do Greece’s creditors follow and apply advises proposed by conservative New Democracy? It is highly interesting that ND parliamentary group leader and former Health Minister Adonis Gerogriadis had already “advised” creditors to not adopt Tsipras’ plan and instead economically drain the country and impose capital controls. Georgiadis’ proposal came after …
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June 23, 2015
Society
I am perplexed. I have no idea what Greek Pro-Europe protesters want. They want Greece to stay in Europe without any concessions? They want the Euro but without austerity? No, the Greek Pro-Europe protesters do not belong to the extreme-leftists of SYRIZA, neither to “I reject all and everything” Communist …
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