SYRIZA

The Minister of Growth Kostis Hatzidakis announced from the stand in parliament today that he is determined to implement the OECD’s proposal regarding the retail sale of bread, according to which bread will be sold by weight, rather than estimated size. The announcement came in his response to a question posed by SYRIZA MP Panagiotis […]

The education community is in uproar over the recent police visits to a number of schools, with teachers and parents alleging that in some cases, school students were called to provide explanations regarding school occupations. The Central Police HQ recently issued an order for police departments to visit local schools in order to document any […]

The vocal and public disagreement between SYRIZA executives over the selection of the party’s candidates in the upcoming elections illustrates the intense debate and schism emerging in the opposition leaders. The selection of Giorgos Karypidis and Odysseas Voudouris, who do not belong to the opposition party, to represent SYRIZA in the upcoming elections prompted a […]

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 […]

According to a study conducted by Public Issue in early February, opposition party SYRIZA is ahead of New Democracy in the polls, despite having suffered a minor drop compared to the divs in January. The polls were published in the Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper and shows SYRIZA in first place with a 30% share (compared […]

The nine people who were arrested for a rally that escalated with an arson attack against a toll booth in Malakasa have been taken to prosecutor to state their plea and later set free. The nine people are facing charges of disrupting the peace, arson, disrupting transport security, obstructing transport, traffic disturbance, excess damage and […]

On his last day in Rome, the leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras met with Nichy Vendola, the president of the Left Ecology Freedom party and Nicola Zingaretti, current governor of Lazio, with whom he discussed his vision of Europe. Mr. Tsipras explained that “we do not want any other people to find themselves in the […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos met on Saturday and agreed to change the method of voting from the current proportional electoral system that has been in place since 1981, to voting directly for the individual candidate. Aside from changing the method of election from a party list, as […]

The drama surrounding the candidacy of Theodoros Karypidis with SYRIZA for the position of Governor of Western Macedonia in the upcoming local government elections will be prolonged for another day, as SYRIZA’s political secretariat will convene today and decide on the matter. While there is concern and dissatisfaction amongst SYRIZA members and voters regarding Mr. […]

The comments of Theodoros Karypidis, whose candidacy in the upcoming local government elections has gained SYRIZA support, prompted the American Jewish Committee to lash out against the Greek opposition party with allegations of anti-Semitism. The Greek opposition party responded to the AJC expressing its surprise at the allegations of political extremism and entrenched anti-Semitic views, […]

In light of the controversy sparked by SYRIZA supporting the candidacy of Theodoros Karypidis for the position of Governor of Western Macedonia in the upcoming local government election, the opposition party’s political secretariat will convene today to re-evaluate its original decision. While there is discontent amongst many party members, Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras does not […]

The candidacy of independent MP Theodoros Karypidis with SYRIZA in the upcoming elections has caused major controversy amongst party member due to his political beliefs. Many within the opposition party believe that support for Mr. Karypidis is an effort to “appeal to the right” and maintain relations with ANEL. Disgruntled SYRIZA members have cited a […]

The president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras flew to Paris yesterday, where he is scheduled to stay for two days as part of his election campaign for the position of president of the European Commission. Today Mr. Tsipras is scheduled to meet a number of French Ministers and senators. Yesterday the Greek opposition leader met with […]

The opposition party SYRIZA held its vote on the candidates who will represent the party in the 13 districts in the upcoming elections in May, with the Left Platform objecting to a number of candidates and abstaining from the final vote. The Left Platform specifically objected to SYRIZA’s support of the candidacy of the former […]

An antifascist demonstration is scheduled to take place today in at 6pm this afternoon at the scene of Pavlos Fyssas’ murder in Keratsini in order to protest the latest reappearance of Golden Dawn in the area. The protest is organized by the Keratsini-Drapetsona offices of SYRIZA and other leftist groups. On Saturday the 25th of […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras appeared at New Democracy’s Parliamentary Group meeting, where he announced that the primary surplus will return to the Greek people and took the opportunity to attack the opposition. Mr. Samaras explained that “the primary surplus came about a year earlier. We were ridiculed when we spoke of it in early […]

The opposition MP Alexis Mitropoulos criticized the government’s ambitious plans for employment and claimed that the programs essentially constitute “work servitude”. Mr. Mitropoulos argued that “based on the implementation of the measure so far, those who find employment in the government’s five-month ‘social work’ programs, will receive a puny monthly wage with great delay and […]

It would appear that humor is currently in short supply in the Greek Parliament, since many did not quite pick up on SYRIZA MP Manolis Glezos’ sarcastic attitude when he derided a rumored New Democracy proposal to form a coalition government in future election. Mr. Glezos stated that “regarding the proposal we received, it shows […]

While SYRIZA appears to be going from strength to strength in the polls and appears able to challenge New Democracy in future elections, the coalition party’s factions are coming to major disagreements. The latest instance of internal strife came from Petros Lafazanis’ Left Platform, which published a number of observations entitled “SYRIZA’s dangerous ‘new ideas’” […]

The leader of the opposition and president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras along with Zoi Konstantopoulou and Stavros Kontonis visited prosecutors Eleni Raikou, Popi Papandreou, Antonis Eleftherianos, Yannis Sevis and the appellate court prosecution supervisor Manolis Rasidakis. After the meeting concluded, the opposition leader stated that “whoever stole public funds must return them. The prosecutors’ efforts […]