End austerity before fear kills Greek democracy

If the Greek people entrust us with their votes, implementing our economic programme will not be a “unilateral” act, but a democratic obligation.

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Greek Influence

When they arrived, he isolated each one to prevent collaboration, and demanded that they translate the Torah into Greek. Divinely inspired, they all ...

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Greek PM Samaras: Communism Will Not Win Out Here

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday stepped up his attack on rival leftist SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, telling an audience of supporters that “we are not going to turn into a soviet here, communism is not going to win.” Speaking five days ...

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New Democracy accuses Syriza of isolating Greece after Le Pen comment

Main coalition partner New Democracy on Tuesday accused main opposition Syriza of leading the country to isolation, after the leader of France's National Front, Marine Le Pen, expressed her hope that Syriza will win the ...

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Greek Org of Football Prognostics : Three new dialysis machines for at Paphos renal unit

Since 2000, the association has also bought oxygen masks, blood pressure monitors and a crash trolley. More recently, they donated specialised beds, an ECG machine, specialised patient weighing machines and a portable scanner. www.cypruskidney.com ...

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Syriza economist: Greek debt must be cut to aid recovery

Greece will never recover without a generous debt cut, politician likely to become the next finance minister insists

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Former PM Papandreou: I Could Leave Politics and Play My Guitar

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told Reuters that his newly-formed party is open to an alliance with election frontrunner SYRIZA under conditions. He also said he would rather play his guitar than be a deputy. The PASOK leader of the recent past has formed a new party, the Socialist Democrats Movement. Current PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos has accused him of splintering the once mighty party. The Socialist Democrats Movement is considered to be a wild card in the January 25th elections if the party manages to get the 3 percent of the vote required to enter the Greek Parliament. Papandreou appears confident that he will be in the new House. Speaking to Reuters, Papandreou said he will agree to cooperate with SYRIZA after the elections provided that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras agrees on a popular referendum on reform policies. With his definite pro-euro platform, Papandreou could be a moderating influence on SYRIZA, a party with extreme leftists in its ranks whose rhetoric has scared foreign investors. “It fully depends on what SYRIZA would espouse,” he said. “If they are serious about making changes, if they are serious in negotiating with partners in an organized and stable way to move out of this particularly difficult period… I would be glad to support.” The former PASOK leader is a firm believer in the euro zone. However, he said that Europe should write off part of the debt and put an end to austerity. Papandreou said the debate should move away from the narrow focus on support or opposition of the bailout program, the infamous “referendum,” that has led to the polarization of Greeks. The former PM ruled out an alliance with the New Democracy party and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras who has failed to implement reforms and backed down to special interest lobbies. Regarding the accusations of PASOK members who blame him for betraying the party founded by his father, he said he wanted a fresh start with politicians who were not part of the corrupt system of clientelism. “That’s not my politics, that never was my politics,” he said. “I don’t need to be in politics just to be a deputy — we have great islands here in Greece. I could go off to a Greek island to play my guitar.”

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