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A year on, Tsipras's SYRIZA in need of morale boost

22/01/2016 - 16:53

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returns from a series of meetings at the World Economic Forum in Davos to give perhaps one of the most important speeches of his career on Sunday.

After criticism over public sector jobs, gov't names new revenues chief

21/01/2016 - 16:44

The government’s approach to public sector appointments has drawn negative publicity in recent weeks, even causing European Union officials to publicly express concern about how SYRIZA and Independent Greeks are treating the civil service.

Mounting pension protests exert more pressure on coalition

20/01/2016 - 12:26

Farmers are the latest group to voice their opposition to the government’s policies as the reaction to planned pension reforms builds up in Greece.

PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win

19/01/2016 - 11:31

PASOK and To Potami have been feeling the aftershock of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s win in the New Democracy leadership race, with different views emerging in each part about how they could deal with a possible resurgence in the conservatives’ fortunes.

Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period

18/01/2016 - 01:14

Growing protests against pension reform plans, the election of Kyriakos Mitsotakis as New Democracy leader and a tough few weeks of negotiations ahead between the government and Greece’s lenders are all having an impact on the Greek political landscape.

Mitsotakis targets Tsipras, floating voters and populists in first speech to his MPs

14/01/2016 - 15:49

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to his MPs for the first time on Thursday, setting out his immediate priorities as the party’s new president.

Mitsotakis win sends ripples through other opposition parties

13/01/2016 - 15:35

As Kyriakos Mitsotakis puts together his team of officials and advisers following his win in New Democracy’s leadership elections, reactions from other opposition parties to the liberal politician’s victory have already begun.

Greece's 2016 diplomatic agenda begins with talks on Cyprus and name issue

13/01/2016 - 11:32

United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide made the first official visit of 2016 to the Greek Foreign Ministry last week for talks with Nikos Kotzias, perhaps indicating that the Cyprus issue will be one of Athens’s priorities in the months to come.

Mitsotakis sets out on long haul to revive New Democracy while keeping internal balance

12/01/2016 - 12:51

Following his surprising victory in Sunday’s leadership election, New Democracy president Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who garnered 173,297 votes (52.43 percent), begins from Tuesday the task of overhauling his party.

Mitsotakis win gives New Democracy chance for renewal but creates fresh risks

11/01/2016 - 00:59

Kyriakos Mitsotakis scored a surprise victory in New Democracy’s election contest on Sunday by beating off competition from favourite Evangelos Meimarakis.