World news about “Greece politics” published by euronews.
Greece: public sector workers austerity protest – nocomment Public sector workers demonstrated in the Greek capital on Friday, as parliament prepared to vote on the latest round of government austerity measures… 27/04/2013
Troika greeted by insults in Greece The troika inspectors returned to Greece for the latest round of talks, only to be greeted by fierce protests. As austerity measures continue to bite… 05/04/2013
Samaras says Greek economy recovering Greece’s prime minister has said the economy is showing signs of recovery, as the country’s creditors returned to Athens to check the government is meeting… 04/04/2013
Greek far-right candidate’s threat to foreigners caught on tapeGreek police have sent to the prosecutor’s office a video showing the extreme right-wing party Golden Dawn’s parliamentary candidate Alexandros Plomaritis… 07/03/2013
Germany warns Greek opposition The Greek parliament has raised taxes on the self employed, and high earners. They are the latest troika-imposed measures to reduce Greece’s budget deficit… 14/01/2013
Christmas Day volunteers in Greece – nocomment A former homeless person volunteers at a Greek Orthodox church food distribution centre on Christmas Day. 27/12/2012
Greek pension cuts protest – nocomment Greek pensioners demonstrated outside the Finance Ministry in Athens on Thursday over plans by the government to cut their benefits and pensions. 20/12/2012
Greek bonds boosted by buyback details Greece is to spend 10 billion euros to buy back government bonds, offering a better deal than investors had feared. The move is part of efforts to reduce… 03/12/2012
Greek tourism hit by lost early summer While tourist arrivals in Greece are exceeding all expectations right now, it has come too late for the thousands of businesses that depend on holiday… 06/11/2012
George Papandreou: The future of Greece George Papandreou was the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok). In 2011 the former prime minister found himself in uncharted waters as he… 03/10/2012
New Greek austerity deal close Greece’s political leaders say they have broadly agreed the latest austerity package demanded by the EU and the International Monetary Fund in return for… 29/08/2012
Greece: more time, more cuts? Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is on a charm offensive meeting eurozone leaders to try to persuade them that all his country needs is more time to… 22/08/2012
Greece falls behind on reforms Greece’s new Finance Minister, Yannis Stournaras, has admitted Athens has fallen behind in implementing the cuts and reforms demanded in return for its… 05/07/2012
ECB tells Athens don’t hope for bailout revamp The European Central Bank has told Greece not to waste time trying to renegotiate its international bailout and water down the austerity measures demanded… 02/07/2012
Greece: growth versus austerity A new government in Greece will mean changed circumstances, and so Brussels has said that Athens and its international lenders will have to renegotiate its… 19/06/2012
Back to the same for Greece? How with the sharpest of eyes and intellect can you start to analyse the Greek elections? Dubbed the financial equivalent of the Cuban missile crisis, a… 18/06/2012
Greek voters hit wall Greeks called to a decisive election this Sunday face voting either for pro-austerity politicians or those who oppose the iron discipline asked in return for… 16/06/2012
Central banks brace for stormy weekend It is a weekend of danger on the horizon for the international money markets. The reason is Greece, and the election there. It may see a government elected… 15/06/2012
Greek radical Tsipras vows no more corruption The leader of the radical left in Greece has promised to end corruption there if his SYRIZA party wins this Sunday’s make-or-break election. Polls show… 12/06/2012
EU warns Greece to stick to austerity plan Brussels has warned Athens it has no choice but to stick to the tough budget discipline set out in its recently negotiated bailout deal. Speaking for the… 08/05/2012
What now for Greece? Greece woke up to a new political reality on Monday morning – one which seems set, once again, to tip it and Europe into a period of deep uncertainty… 07/05/2012
Stock market revival despite election results Most European markets staged a recovery on Monday to finish only slightly down, with some even making gains. Madrid and Milan closed up 2.39 and 2.63… 07/05/2012
Greece set for unprecedented political shakeup Clear skies in Greece are in stark contrast to the uncertainty it is going through, under political stormclouds. Voters are asked to elect a new parliament… 04/05/2012
Austerity vote ‘won’t end Greek unrest’ Serguei Doubine, euronews: “We’re joined now from Athens by Alexei Bogdanovsky, Russian journalist and commentator, who’s been witnessing events in Greek… 13/02/2012
Greek unity stretched to limit over austerity bill The Greek parliament has approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary… 13/02/2012
Greece dices with default Greece appears to have taken yet another step closer to an apocalyptic default after its political leaders missed the latest deadline on harsh bailout terms… 06/02/2012
Far-right Golden Dawn launches child indoctrination coursesGreece’s far-right Golden Dawn party has started courses on what it calls “national awakening” for children from six to 10 years old. About 20 children… 27/02/2013
Greece’s New Democracy condemns attack on HQGreece’s ruling party says it will not be intimidated by an attack on its office in Athens. In the early hours of Monday, gunshots were fired at the… 14/01/2013
Shots fired at Greece’s ruling party headquartersGunshots have been fired at the headquarters of Greece’s governing New Democracy party in the capital, Athens. The building was attacked in the early hours… 14/01/2013
Greece: Fourth round of austerity gets parliamentary approvalGreek MPs approved the latest and fourth round of austerity measures by a razor thin margin on Wednesday night as around 100,000 people marched on the Greek… 08/11/2012
Greece gears up for another week of strikesGreece is preparing for a week of strikes in protest at privatisations and austerity measures in general. In Athens a 24-hour transport strike coincided… 02/11/2012
Lost list latest blunder in Greece’s war on tax dodgersYou do not need to be a god to wonder how Greece is going to get out of trouble if the Financial and Economic Crimes Unit can lose a list of 2000 alleged… 04/10/2012
Greek police accused of stoking racist attacksHuman rights groups say hate crimes in Greece are rising and that police behaviour is making the situation worse. They say in the past six months there have… 14/08/2012
Greece: Police vehicle carrying Pakistani man attackedIn Greece, a police vehicle carrying a Pakistani man accused of attempted murder, has been attacked by supporters of an extreme right-wing party. The Golden… 08/08/2012
Greece: illegal immigrants face deportationThe Greek government have been looking to the Gods for inspiration as they carry out plans to deport thousands of illegal immigrants. Bestowing a touch of… 07/08/2012
Greek leaders strike ‘cuts for cash’ dealGreece’s political leaders struck a deal on Wednesday to slash public spending in return for more bailout cash. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras… 02/08/2012
Greece: Bailout battle looms for new governmentAs expected, Greece’s coalition government has sailed through a parliamentary confidence vote. However a much tougher task now lies ahead. Athens wants to… 09/07/2012
Greek government wins confidence voteGreece’s government has won a parliamentary vote of confidence. In the end the deputies voted along party lines with the government taking 179 of the 300… 09/07/2012
Samaras commits to bailout plan in first speech as Greece PMIn his first policy speech since becoming prime minister, Antonis Samaras reaffirmed his commitment to making the changes needed to meet conditions of the… 06/07/2012
Greece: New members are sworn into parliamentMembers of Greece’s new parliament have taken their oath of office at a religious ceremony. Among those being sworn in were 18 MPs from the ultra-right… 28/06/2012
Greece: Finance Minister resigns over ill healthGreece’s newly-nominated finance minister Vassilis Rapanos has resigned due to ill health. It is a blow for the government less than a week after it took… 25/06/2012
New Greek PM too unwell to attend EU summitGreece’s new Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras is not well enough to travel to a critical EU summit, following an eye operation. The Prime Minister underwent… 24/06/2012
Lukewarm response to new Greece governmentWith newspaper headlines asking ‘Can they?’ and calling them a ‘government without a grace period’, there is little trust from the press for the new… 22/06/2012
No honeymoon period, Greece PM tells new cabinetThe new Greek prime minister says his coalition government will have no honeymoon period and its goal is to pull what he calls the “traumatised” country out… 22/06/2012
Greece: New government is sworn inA day after Greece’s new prime minister took his oath of office, the debt-laden country’s coalition government has been formally sworn in. As ministers made… 21/06/2012
Samaras gets down to work ‘giving hope’ to GreeceThursday sees the first full day of work for Greece’s newly formed coalition government but Prime Minister Antonis Samaras still needs to name a… 21/06/2012
Greece: New prime minister urges national unitySworn in at a religious ceremony, Greece’s new prime minister could do with divine intervention as he strives to get the country out of its economic quagmire… 20/06/2012
Greece: Samaras is sworn in as Prime MinisterGreece’s new prime minister says he will do everything he can to get the country out of crisis. Antonis Samaras, leader of the New Democracy party, was… 20/06/2012
Clock ticks for Greece coalition talksGreece’s centre-right New Democracy has just hours to form a coalition government. Political commentators say they expect party leader Antonis Samaras to… 20/06/2012
Socialist leader ‘optimistic’ of Greece coalition dealIt looks increasingly likely that Greece’s Conservative New Democracy will form a coalition government with the Socialist PASOK party after a successful… 19/06/2012
Greece’s New Democracy close to a coalition dealSources inside Greece’s election winning New Democracy party say they expect third-placed PASOK to agree to form a coalition government later today. After… 19/06/2012
Greece coalition talks continue on TuesdayTalks are underway to form a coalition government in Greece following Sunday’s forced re-election. Centre-right party New Democracy failed to grab an… 18/06/2012
Syriza leader vows to fight in opposition in GreeceThe rise of Alexis Tsipras to political prominence was swift but in Sunday’s election the leader of the Syriza party failed to win a clear mandate from… 18/06/2012
Pro-bailout party set to rule in GreeceAntonis Samaras is set to become the new prime minister of Greece. The 62-year-old’s New Democracy party achieved the highest percentage of votes in Sundays… 18/06/2012
Greece leaders cast votes in crucial repeat electionPeople in Greece have been going to the polls again in the full glare of the world’s eyes, amid warnings that the outcome of their general election could… 17/06/2012
Greeks ponder dramatic choice on decisive daySome pollsters believe voters arriving at polling stations such were undecided almost till the last minute. It is thought that in towns and cities, Syriza’s… 17/06/2012
All eyes on Greece in pivotal vote for its eurozone futureThe world is watching as Greece votes in a cliffhanger re-run election that could push it out of the eurozone and trigger turmoil in global financial… 17/06/2012
Countdown to crucial election in GreeceWith polls due to open in less than 24 hours, leftwing Syriza and the conservative New Democracy party are level-pegging in the race to win the election in… 16/06/2012
Greek election is ‘euro versus drachma’Greece’s conservative leader has warned voters that they face a choice of sticking with the euro or a “nightmare” return to the drachma. Antonis Samaras has… 16/06/2012
Greek elections: Syriza leader holds final campaign rallyThe leader of Greece’s radical left Syriza party has reaffirmed that he will scrap the country’s international bailout deal. Alexis Tsipras was speaking at… 14/06/2012
Greek election fears spark bank raidIt is arguably one of the largest bank raids in the history of Greece. Analysts say up to 800million euros are being taken from the country’s banks on a daily… 13/06/2012
Demonstration in Athens after TV slappingThousands of people have turned out in Athens, to protest against the far-right Golden Dawn party. It comes after one of its members hit a left-wing… 09/06/2012
Greek prosecutors seek arrest of ‘happy slappy’ far-right MPGreek prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a far-right MP who slapped a left-wing opponent on live television. Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias… 07/06/2012
Greek Communist party deputy slapped on live TVA debate live on Greek television showed just how tempers can be frayed during a political debate. The spokesman for the far right Golden Dawn party Ilias… 07/06/2012
Greek left promise to throw out the bailoutThe leader of the Greek radical left has confirmed that it will cancel the international rescue plan if Syriza wins the country’s repeat general election… 01/06/2012
Tspiras wants to save the euroGreek radical left politician and frontrunner in the upcoming elections, Alexis Tsipras continued his EU tour in Germany. His message: I want to save the… 22/05/2012
Greece election polls add to crisis uncertaintyGreece’s conservative New Democracy party and the radical leftist Syriza party are almost neck and neck in the latest polls. Two surveys show New Democracy… 20/05/2012
Greece crisis: Emergency government sworn-inThe remainder of debt-ridden Greece’s caretaker government was sworn in on Thursday. A senior judge, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, is heading up the emergency… 17/05/2012
Greece swears in a caretaker prime ministerA senior judge will head up the emergency government before Greeks go back to the polls on June 17 for new elections. Panagiotis Pikrammenos, who is in… 16/05/2012
Greeks set for fresh elections and the unknownToo divided to form a coalition, Greek political leaders will instead meet today to cobble together a caretaker government until a possible June 17… 16/05/2012
Greece to hold fresh elections after talks failGreeks are heading back to the polls. Negotiations to try to form a coalition government have broken down after an inconclusive vote on May 6. President… 15/05/2012
Greece: New elections ahead as government talks collapseGreece is going back to the polls after an umpteenth round of talks failed to reach a deal to form a new government. The country has been politically… 15/05/2012
Greece: More questions over euro as government talks drag onNine days after its election, Greece is still trying to form a government despite the failure of round after round of talks between rival political… 15/05/2012
No Greece technocrat government – SyrizaGreece’s anti-bailout Syriza party has rejected a proposal by the country’s president for the creation of a government of technocrats. The idea was mooted… 14/05/2012
Make-or-break government talks in GreeceCrisis-hit Greece has one last chance to form a coalition government and avoid new elections that could signal its exit from the euro zone. It is over a… 14/05/2012
Greece: Radical Left rejects new coalition talksGreece’s radical leftist leader wont be attending fresh coalition talks today with the other main parties. On Sunday Alexis Tsipras blocked all attempts to… 14/05/2012
Greek leaders hold last-ditch coalition talksGreece’s top three political parties on Sunday held talks with President Karolos Papoulias in a final bid to form a government. The head of state met with… 13/05/2012
Greece party leaders summoned for final coalition talksGreece’s President Karolos Papoulias has summoned party leaders for eleventh hour talks to try to form a coalition government and avert new elections. If… 12/05/2012
Greece: Third bid to form government failsGreece’s third attempt to form a coalition government after Sunday’s inconclusive election has ended in failure. Despite a final push by leaders of the… 11/05/2012
Second Greece election likely after stalled coalition talksChances appear slim of a breakthrough in talks between several Greek political leaders attempting to form a coalition government five days after parliamentary… 11/05/2012
Rehn plays down renewed talk of Greek euro exitEU Finance Commissioner Ollie Rehn has played down any talk of there being one less member of the eurozone following calls by Germany for Greece to keep to… 11/05/2012
Socialists and centre-right in Greek coalition talksLast ditch talks continue to form a coalition government in Greece in an attempt to avoid another election. Socialist PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos has met… 11/05/2012
Socialist leader tries to form Greek governmentFollowing Sunday’s election, Socialist Party head Evangelos Venizelos is holding meetings with different party leaders as he tries to form a government in… 11/05/2012
Socialists in third bid for Greek governmentHoping to succeed where his opponents have failed, Socialist Evangelos Venizelos has launched Greece’s third bid to form a coalition government. His chance… 10/05/2012
Still no government in Greece as far-left ends talksThe leader of the Greek far-left party that came second in last weekend’s elections says he has failed in his bid to form a coalition government. It follows… 09/05/2012
Greek coalition dramaForming a government in Greece is a task as hard as any out of ancient mythology. As in other countries, here is how it is supposed to work. The president… 09/05/2012
Greek political logjam continuesAlthough the leader of Greece’s new second largest, and radical left party, Alexis Tsipras, is meeting the leaders of mainstream parties today to try and… 09/05/2012
Greek crisis deepens as hopes of forming a government fadeGreece’s political drama is sinking deeper into crisis with the Leftist candidate for prime minister effectively ruling out forming a coalition with the two… 09/05/2012
Greece extremes unlikely to meetAlexis Tsipras puts a face on Greece’s ascendant new leftists. The leader of the SYRIZA Coalition of the Radical Left campaigned on the wave of Greeks’… 08/05/2012
Greek left to try and form new governmentThe Greek political spotlight has now fallen on the 37 year-old leader of the radical left coalition party Syriza, who has been given three days to form a new… 08/05/2012
Tsipras to try and form Greek governmentThe Greeks are without a government after the failure of the leader of the biggest party following Sunday’s election to form a coalition government. The… 08/05/2012
Greece: Efforts to form a new government failIt is back to square one in Greece’s bid to form a new government after an inconclusive election that saw the two main parties punished over… 07/05/2012
Greece seeks new government after inconclusive pollHis party suffered a thrashing in Greece’s general election but conservative Antonis Samaras has been asked to form a coalition government. Despite the… 07/05/2012
Greece: Fears over far-right election breakthroughThe extreme-right’s phenomenal success in Greece’s elections has triggered alarm beyond the country’s borders and raised concerns at home. An obscure fringe… 07/05/2012
Greek election results “not a surprise”Political stalemate may be on the cards in debt-ridden and austerity-weary Greece after its parliamentary elections, but – for many – the results are coming… 07/05/2012
Neo-Nazi party wins seats in Greek parliamentOne of the big winners in the Greek election was the far-right Golden Dawn. It passed the three per cent barrier guaranteeing parliamentary participation… 07/05/2012
Greek voters punish main political partiesGreece’s youngest political leader Alexis Tsipras delivered an electoral earthquake on Sunday by taking his radical Left Coalition party into second place in… 07/05/2012
Big election losses for Greece’s two main partiesResults in Greece’s elections suggest the two main parties have suffered big losses. Greece’s Conservative New Democracy party is leading in the exit polls… 06/05/2012
Angry backdrop of Greek electionsIt is hard to exaggerate the level of anger in Greece. The public blames the politicians for creating the current financial crisis and for imposing Draconian… 06/05/2012
Greeks vote in crucial electionThe general election now underway in Greece is being seen as a crucial test for the future of the country and will likely have a big impact on Europe. The… 06/05/2012
