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The heads of the troika are set to return in Athens by Monday the 14th of July, with the visit expected to last about ten days. The goal...

Although SYRIZA’s victory in the Sunday elections is undisputed, the opposition party did not manage to strike a “knock out” blow...

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos are scheduled to travel to Brussels on Tuesday...

The first estimations of the European elections will be made public at 10pm (9pm CEST), while the first results showing the seats that each...

The president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras, who is currently on a trip to Moscow, spoke of a “democratic deficit” in Europe, arguing that the European...

The general secretary of the Communist Party Dimitris Koutsoumpas gave an interview o ANT1 where he accused the government and opposition...

The European Commission has published its revised predictions regarding the rate of growth and unemployment in the EU and Eurozone in 2014 and 2015...

The European statistics authority Eurostat published its latest data regarding employment in the Europe and found that the rate of unemployment...

According to Eurostat’s figures, Greece’s fiscal deficit during 2013 was 12.7% GDP, while the European statistics authority estimated that the public debt...

According to Eurostat’s latest published data, the rate of unemployment in Greece reached 28% in November 2013. The European statistics authority remarked that ...

The “Initiative of 58” has publicized the collective opinion of its members on Greece’s European perspective, in light of the upcoming elections for the European Parliament. According to the “58” the Greek people took a “decision of patriotic realism and historical self-awareness” by opting to support the Euro, despite the crisis and for that the […]

A high-ranking European officer expressed his surprise at the Greek government’s “confidence” with regards to the primary surplus from 2013 and noted that it is too soon for the Eurostat to have a clear picture of what the primary surplus will actually be. While the officer admits that he hopes that the Greek government is […]

Andreas Loverdos, president of the Agreement for New Greece party, announced that his party is going to participate in the “Olive tree” coalition in the upcoming European elections. Mr. Loverdos explained to his party members that the decision to participate in the coalition for the European elections does not mean that they are joining PASOK […]

The European statistics authority Eurostat has announced that according to its latest set of divs, the rate of unemployment in Greece during October 2013 climbed to 27.8% from the 27.7% rate in September. Overall the rate of unemployment in the Eurozone between October and December 2013 remained stable at 12%, while the rate of unemployment […]

The “Initiative of 58” organized an event yesterday in Kifisia, where a discussion regarding the upcoming elections of the European Parliament and the role of a greater center-left alliance took place. Amongst the 300 present in the event hall were Pantelis Kapsis, Andreas Papadopoulos, Grigoris Psarianos, Petros Tatsopoulos and Apostolos Doxiadis. Professor Christos Rozakis, one […]

The president of the European Parliament and the German social democrats party SPD Martin Schulz was impressed by Greece’s “remarkable” budget surplus and the steps taken forward, while asking for the EU to support the Greek efforts. Mr. Shulz appeared at a social democrat convention, where he explained that Greece’s overall goal must be to […]

The Human Rights Watch published its 2014 World Report on Tuesday, wherein it criticized Greece and EU for not taking the necessary coordinated action to address the increasing intolerance and violations against human rights. The report’s chapter on Greece is quite revealing, with the Human Rights Watch documenting 104 attacks against immigrants from the start […]

With the troika scheduled to return to Athens around the 15th of January, the Prime Minister is putting the pressure on his cabinet to carry out all necessary actions related to avoid any delays. After all, Greece has only completed about 65% of the 135 necessary actions, as outlined in the bailout and progress is […]

For the next six months Greece will be at the helm of the European Union, for the sixth time since the country was accepted in the EU. Over the next six months Athens will host 14 ministerial synods, 35 high-level meetings, 57 working group meetings and 33 conferences or seminars. The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras […]