Tsipras against European sanctions on Russia
The newly elected Greek government opposes further sanctions against Russia and does not accept the statement of EU leaders condemning the killing of civilians in Mariupol (Ukraine) on 24th of January by speculating that Moscow is "responsible" for the actions of separatists in Ukraine.
During...
Nikos Kodzias is the new head of Greek diplomacy
Professor Nikos Kodzias, recent informal adviser for foreign policy of Alexis Tsipras, is the new head of Greek diplomacy. Kodzias is a professor of political theory of international and European affairs at the Piraeus University. His political path has always been through the corridors...
SYRIZA immediately confirmed Greece’s red lines regarding the name dispute
SYRIZA decided to share the historical chance for the left to rule Greece with the far-right party Independent Greeks. Although this political marriage was expected and announced due to the same political views against austerity policy of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks, it still raised...
SYRIZA and Independent Greeks will form the new Greek Government
SYRIZA and right-wing party Independent Greeks agreed to form a coalition government.
- As of today, Greece has a government. Independent Greeks give its support to SYRIZA - stated leader of Independent Greeks Panos Kamenos after the hour-long meeting with Alexis Tsipras, leader of SYRIZA...
SYRIZA euphorically celebrates historic victory on the elections
Greece expects a whole-night thriller with counting of votes. Until the last vote is counted, it will not be certain whether SYRIZA will succeed in forming a government on its own, or if it will have to build a coalition...
23 people injured on the protests in Kosovo
23 people are injured and 20 are taken into custody during the protest in Pristina, said Kosovo police spokesperson Baki Keljani.
Several thousand people took part in the march from the government building to the Kosovo Assembly to express their dissatisfaction with the position of...
Greeks to choose between changes and status quo today
Over 9.8 million Greek citizens today decide the future of the country in the most critical elections in the country so far. Hope for a change with SYRIZA which will inject a dose of uncertainty in the negotiations with the European creditors or continuation...
Tsipras already thinks of himself as Prime Minister
A wave of changes and a new face on the political scene or playing safe and keeping the policy of older parties, this is the dilemma that will tomorrow be resolved by Greek citizens on the early parliamentary elections.
The parties completed the fierce electoral...
Samaras mentions the identity and language of Macedonia 22 times
Antonis Samaras played the card name dispute at the pre-electoral meeting in Thessaloniki. Greek outgoing Prime Minister, who is remembered as the man who broke Konstantinos Mitsotakis’ Government in the 90s of last century, due to hard positions on the name dispute, in a...
Samaras in Thessaloniki: Anthimos is a preacher for the Hellenism of our Macedonia
Only 72 hours before the end of the election campaign, Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras is in Thessaloniki today in a last attempt to woo and charm voters from Northern Greece. During a visit to the second Greek capital, Samaras took the time...
Greek MPs will have to return their salaries for January
The financial committee of the Greek Parliament has asked from the MPs to return their January salaries. Salaries were already paid on 23rd of December, one week before the third vote for head of state, which led to early parliamentary elections and the dissolution...
Five people were buried in Amphipolis
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced that the analysis of the bones that were found inside the tomb near Ceres, which raised entire Greece at its feet with the possibility that it is the tomb of Alexander of Macedonia, belong to five people, and...
Судски синџир: Цврст е колку најслабата алка
Владите на Црна Гора и на Холандија организираа дводневна регионална конференција во Будва (Црна Гора) на тема „Соработка во правосудниот синџир“. На оваа конференција учествуваа сите потенцијални земји-членки на ЕУ од Западен Балкан, преку делегати од различни институции кои се дел од овој таканаречен...
Albania requests citizens to report any suspicious activities
Yesterday, Albanian authorities appealed to the citizens to cooperate with the police in order to prevent any act of organized crime and terrorism.
Interior Minister of Albania Saimir Tahiri appealed to citizens “not to turn a blind eye” to threats, but to immediately inform the...
PASOK warns Samaras not sound like Golden Dawn
PASOK has warned Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for the views similar to Golden Dawn on the immigration policies of New Democracy. During yesterday’s visit to Evros, a place which is on the border with Turkey and where most immigrants are entering Greece by...
Brussels recommends to Athens: Euro membership is irrevocable
The tension in the institutions and in major capitals of the European Union is increasing as the elections in Greece are getting closer, on which Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Radical Left SYRIZA, is the favorite.
According to information published this weekend in German “Spiegel”...
Tsipras: SYRIZA is not a demon, it doesn’t want a breakdown, only salvation of the euro
Intense writing of German media about threat of Greece’s exiting the Euro zone and Euro disaster if SYRIZA wins the elections didn’t initiate extreme reaction their idea reactions, dramatic analysis, comments or insults to Germany and to the Chancellor Merkel by Greece.
However, the response...
Dokos: New pressure regarding the name is possible, but not a dramatic turn of events
Thanos Dokos, the head of the Greek Foreign Policy think tank ELIAMEP, predicts status quo for the negotiations on the name dispute in 2015.
In an article for “Kathimerini”, Dokos notes that, because of internal political developments in Greece and Macedonia, the name dispute is...
Papandreou forms a new party
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announced that he would form a new political party.
It is not defined how the new party, called “Movement for Change”, would act, but it is expected to be similar to PASOK, which participates in the governing coalition, led...
Greek left goes to elections divided
The biggest Greek opposition party SYRIZA didn’t reach an agreement for cooperation and joint participation on the elections with the Democratic Left. Although the position of the Democratic Left during the presidential elections and the constant request for announcing early elections lead to the...
