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The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras traveled to Brussels for the emergency European meeting regarding the developments in Ukraine and from where he ...

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is banking on support from other European leaders in the upcoming elections for the European Parliament, in order to counter pressure from the troika, which has cast doubt over Greece’s achievements. While the coalition government and the troika disagree on a number of critical subjects, such as the primary surplus […]

The Turkish ambassador to Athens Kerim Uras recently gave an interview to the Turkish news agency Anadolu where he developed Ankara’s intentions regarding the Cypriot dispute, Turkey’s EU perspectives, Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), as well as the broadcasting of popular Turkish soap operas in Greece. In the interview, Mr. Uras claims that the key to […]

The European Union has authorized a 2.9 million euro grant for the Greek EU command center that is based in Larissa, regarding the EU’s operation in the Central African Republic. About 50% of the grant has already been paid out and forwarded to the command center, with the remainder payable when the rest of the […]

According to the international news agency Bloomberg, Greece’s European partners are currently discussion the possibility of extending the deadlines of Greek loans out, as well as reducing interest rates. In its report, Bloomberg cites European officials who claim that the next aid package to Greece will most likely include an extension of payment deadlines from […]

One of the Greek government’s prerogatives during the six-month period that it will preside over the EU is to improve the country’s international credibility, in an effort to attract investments and growth initiatives. To that end, Prime Minister Samaras has scheduled to meet with Russian President Putin in Brussels on Tuesday and American President Obama […]

The “Initiative of 58” has arranged an event for Monday evening at the Culture Center in Kifisia, where professor Christos Rozakis and DIMAR executives are going to be the main speakers. The event came in response to Evangelos Venizelos’ proposal for a greater center left alliance in the upcoming European elections and Kouvelis’ outright refusal. […]

According to the latest data published by Eurostat, the Greek public debt was estimated at 171.8% of GDP at the end of the third trimester of 2013. This means that Greece continues to have the highest rate of debt in the European Union by far, followed by Italy (132.9% GDP), Portugal (128.7%) and Ireland (124.8%). […]

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras recently gave an interview to Italian newspaper La Stampa where he stressed that Greece primarily needs a recovery plan that is not based on austerity, while arguing that his party’s goal not to deconstruct the EU, but rather to change it. Mr. Tsipras noted that a European summit is necessary in […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras addressed the European Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg today and stressed that Greece has kept its promises and “delivered”, while avoiding a default with the help of Europe. Mr. Samaras, who was accompanied by his consultants Chrysanthos Lazaridis and Stavros Papastavrou, maintained in his speech that Greece suffered due to three […]

Even though the troika was originally expected to return to Athens around the 15th of January in order to resume talks with the Minister of Finances, it now appears that the trip to Athens has been postponed until the troika is certain that it will strike a deal for the disbursement of the IMF and […]

The disgraced and recently-expelled from New Democracy former Minister of Transport Michalis Liapis has found himself in more trouble, as it was revealed that he is involved in a housing restoration scandal. Mr. Liapis, who is currently on vacation in Bulgaria, appears to have fraudulently collected an EU subsidy to convert a country villa in […]

Even though the Prime Minister recently reiterated his intention to call elections in 2016, the recent expulsion of Byron Polydoras from New Democracy and the emergent discontent within PASOK, leave the coalition government faced with some hard choices to make over the holidays. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras believes that his coalition government’s slight majority in […]