Kouvelis

After massive farmer demonstrations took place in Athens, Thessaloniki and Crete, the farmers of Peloponnesus have decided to mobilize and have arranged a Panpeloponnesian rally at the Nestani tolls in Tripoli, on the Athens-Kalamata highway. The farmers who have set up a road block at the Nikea junction about a month ago decided to leave […]

The leader of DIMAR Fotis Kouvelis gave an interview to Vima 99.5 regarding the upcoming elections, the recent developments in the center left and the possibility of his party rejoining the coalition government. Regarding the upcoming municipal and regional government elections in May, Mr. Kouvelis estimated that they will be highly politicized, but the focus […]

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. […]

The Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis appears on Mega Channel’s morning chat show in order to clarify that statement he made, where he claimed he would not have a problem cooperating with SYRIZA, was ironic. Mr. Georgiadis accused Fotis Kouvelis, the leader of former government partners DIMAR, of “having decided to say no to everything, […]

The President of the Democratic Left party Fotis Kouvelis and the President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Hannes Swoboda meet today to discuss recent developments in Greece and Europe. At the end of the meeting, Hannes Swoboda commented that the in their discussions two leaders agreed that it […]

In his annual New Year message to the Greek people, the President of Democracy Karolos Papoulias expressed his hope that 2014 would be a better year for everyone and took an aggressive stance against corruption, calling for “heads to roll”. Despite his congratulations to the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary for the efforts 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 […]

Despite disagreeing with some key party members on the formation of political alliances, Fotis Kouvelis has been reelected as president of the Democratic Left party, garnering 81.21% of the vote (778 votes) at his party’s second convention that took place over the weekend. After the results were announced, Mr. Kouvelis stated that “after the convention […]

The initiative of 58 prominent divs in favor of a center-left resurgence is going to hold its central event at 7pm tonight at the Acropol Theater in downtown Athens. The central speaker at the even will be Yannis Voulgaris, while Paraskevas Avgerinos and Yannis Bezos are also scheduled to speak. This will be the first […]

The leader of DIMAR Fotis Kouvelis gave an interview to Action24 which will be broadcast later in the evening, where he addressed the recent tension between SYRIZA and PASOK as well as the possibility of forming new alliances. The DIMAR leader rejected Evangelos Venizelos’ accusations that the opposition leader Alexis Tsipras encouraged government MPs to […]

After Sunday’s critical vote of confidence in Parliament, the coalition government’s parliamentary majority dropped to 154 MPs following the expulsion of Theodora Tzakri from PASOK, while other MPs have hinted that they do not intend to support the new real estate tax and the lift on primary residence bans. New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyanni was […]

The release of Golden Dawn MPs Kasidiaris, Panagiotaros and Michos (only Lagos will remain in custody) has caused intense reactions, prompting the political parties to comment. The government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou reported that the judicial system must be left alone to do its duty, while the Minister of Interior Yannis Michelakis commented on SKAI TV […]

To Vima spoke to the leaders of New Democracy, PASOK, SYRIZA, DIMAR and KKE about their thoughts on the escalation of racially and politically-motivated violence and the criminal activities attributed to Golden Dawn members and supporters The Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Antonis Samaras states that despite the challenges “Democracy has the means […]

DIMAR leader Fotis Kouvelis called for the democratic parties to form a united front to defend peace and democracy from “the neo-Nazi murderers”, in reference to the murder of an anti-fascist in Keratsini by a self-confessed Golden Dawn member. Mr. Kouvelis explained that “last night’s death of a young antifascist in Keratsini and the brutal […]

The president of DIMAR Fotis Kouvelis has been on the look out for new allies from the greater progressive political space. To that end, he has arranged to meet with the leader of the Agreement for New Greece and former PASOK officer, Andreas Loverdos. In an interview published in the Sunday newspaper Proto Thema, Mr. […]

The leader of DIMAR Fotis Kouvelis will be in Thessaloniki today and tomorrow, on Wednesday and Thursday, for the 78th International Fair that is currently taking place and a series of meetings. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Kouvelis is scheduled to meet with new farmers and later, at 7:15pm he will meet with representatives of former […]

The government managed to pass a controversial bill through Parliament last night, which essentially acted as a vote of confidence. The only ‘casualties’ for the government were PASOK’s spokesperson P. Koukoulopoulos, who realized his threat of voting against an article on the abolition of the Municipal Police and former President of Parliament Apostolos Kaklamanis, who […]

DIMAR leader Fotis Kouvelis was scheduled to meet with the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion László Andor today and commented that his party “which is not participating in the new government, will continue to support the country’s European path, as well as the need to continue with reforms, so that Greece overcomes […]