Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was assaulted outside the Athens Court of Appeals during today’s court session that resulted in the prosecution of Far Right Golden Dawn members. People threw various…
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US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt congratulated new Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government on a seamless transition and dedication to Greek-US relations, on Wednesday at the Economist conference. Pratt also praised…
After a disastrous result in the recent EU Parliamentary election for his newly formed party, Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former controversial Finance Minister made a plea for votes in an ANA interview published…
Deputy Foreign Minister Terens Quick has accepted candidacy as SYRIZA deputy ahead of the upcoming elections, justifying his decision in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio ‘Praktoreio FM’. “My duty to…
The head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Mr Klaus Regling, said on Thursday that the Eurogroup and the institutions plan to discuss with incoming Greek government following the July 7 general…
Greece’s Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Minister of Administrative Reform Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, approved the hiring of 10,500 permanent school teachers on Tuesday. After the ministers signed the order, Minister of Education, Research…
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has received major backlash after referring to Thessaloniki’s Airport as “Mikra” instead of its official name of “Makedonia” during his speech overnight in Skopje. Thessaloniki’s airport was…
Voting results of both the upcoming Euro Parliament and local government elections will show SYRIZA the exit door, New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday addressing his party’s parliamentary group.…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Turkish fighter jets “harassed” his helicopter as he travelled to Greek Independence Day celebrations. Alexis Tsipras said his helicopter was forced into “low manoeuvres” on Monday…
Greece’s Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou, said that Europe should reject the social protection and labour rights deregulation idea and choose the idea of salary increase and upgrading of the labour protection systems…
According to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the Greek government is working closely with the EU to boost competitiveness. After his meeting on Thursday with visiting European Economy & Finance Commissioner Pierre…
The Tsipras government is optimistic that the country’s GDP will exceed 200 billion euros based on the forecasts of the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) 2020-2023 that is to be tabled in parliament…
Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy (ND) has opened up a substantial lead against ruling leftist SYRIZA with 13.1 points in Athens’ 1st electoral district. According to Marc’s latest poll published in…
Greece’s Prime Minister took the floor in Parliament on Thursday where he proclaimed the end of nearly 30 years of inertia and repeated national concessions, following an entire year of grueling negotiations…
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy, on Tuesday, demanded to see the final revised text of the constitution of FYROM, calling any attempts to discuss the Prespes Agreement…
Following the parliament’s vote of confidence to the government, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced that he will ensure that the entire text of the Prespes Agreement with FYROM is distributed…
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won the confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, with the victory clearing a major obstacle for Tsipras’ Prespes Agreement. “Today the Greek parliament gave a vote of confidence…
As Greek parliamentarians prepare to discuss and vote on the confidence motion against the Tsipras government, the US administration has made a point of making it known that it supports the government…
The leader of Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Monday with a delegation of the Holy Synod of the Church of Crete to discuss the recent announcement by…
Greece’s Prime Minister attended the extraordinary European Summit on Brexit, convened in Brussels on Sunday. The summit was held to approve the agreement for the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union…