Greece: Referendum? Early Elections? Nothing at All?
The failure of Prime Minister George Papandreou to get the consensus of the political opposition on the additional austerity measures has triggered rumors about early elections and even a referendum,...
View ArticleGreek PM: We had 3 Options-Default, Eurozone Exit, Bailout
Greece prime Minister George Papandreou revealed for the first time he was considering the options of “default” and “exit the eurozone” but that he finally picked up the “bailout”. Speaking at the...
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Athens June 28: Live Streaming & Blogging in English
Thousands Greeks have started to flock to Syntagma Square and take place in front of the Parliament. Protesters arrive in downtown Athens with the Metro, the one public transport mean operating during...
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While Greek Telephone Company Gives People’s Data to Marketing Companies, in...
I got a phone call this morning. A friendly woman’s voice was informing me that I had won a vacation package by a tour operation “XY-whatever”. When I asked her where did she get my phone number and...
View ArticleGreeks stunned to hear Cypriot MPs attacking EU and reject the bailout
Greeks are deeply stunned and green from envy, to hear the debate inside the Cypriot Parliament during the crucial voting on bank deposits tax. The eurogroup imposed measure for a Cyprus bailout that...
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Is the statue of US President Harry Truman “the most hated” in Athens?
Two days after the attempted vandalism on the statue of former US President Harry S Truman in downtown Athens, US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt went to check whether the statue was still...
View ArticleGranting voting rights to diaspora Greeks back in the agenda
Greece’s main opposition party, conservative New Democracy has brought back to debate the right to vote for diaspora Greeks. On Monday, ND leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, resubmitted to Parliament his...
View ArticleGreece’s Gov’t under fire for controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia
Greece’s coalition government and especially Panos Kammenos, the leader of junior partner Independent Greeks and Defense Minister, faced a tough questioning in the Parliament on Monday over a failed...
View ArticleThe “mother of all battles” in Greek Parliament as lawmakers will vote on...
The mother of all political battles started at 9 o’ clock Wednesday morning in the plenary of the Greek Parliament. Lawmakers will have to vote and decide whether there is sufficient evidence to...
View ArticleEP Plenary debates case of Two Greek Soldiers in Turkish custody on Tue
The ongoing case of the two Greek soldiers in Turkish detention since March 1st will be debated in the Plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The debate comes after initiatives...
View ArticleIs the statue of US President Harry Truman “the most hated” in Athens?
Two days after the attempted vandalism on the statue of former US President Harry S Truman in downtown Athens, US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt went to check whether the statue was still...
View ArticlePresident’s election, ministers’ responsibility top issues of Constitution...
Debate for the revision of the Greek Constitution started in the plenary of the Parliament on Monday morning and it scheduled to last for five days. It is the fourth attempt to change the Greek...
View ArticleEU kicks off debate on need for booster shots to travel
European Union governments kicked off a debate on Tuesday about how long vaccines are effective against Covid-19 and whether evidence of a booster dose will be required to maintain free travel across...
View ArticleParliament to convey for a debate over wiretapping scandal at extraordinary...
Greece’s Parliament will resume operation earlier than scheduled and before end of summer break after main opposition party SYRIZA requested a plenary discussion on the wiretapping scandal that is...
View ArticleWiretapping in Parliament: Long “debate” but no answers; opposition wants...
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated on Friday that the “legal surveillance” of MEP and leader of socialist opposition party PASOK/KINAL Nikos Androulakis by the National Intelligence...
View ArticlePM Mitsotakis ends abruptly debate on surveillance bill, leaves Plenary
“Whatever you had to say Mr. Tsipras, you have said it, the debate ends” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, packed his papers and left the Parliament Plenary where the debate on the surveillance...
View ArticleWiretapping scandal: Tsipras tables censure motion against government
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras tabled a motion of censure against the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday afternoon. Tsipras tabled the motion...
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