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Archive - 2012

May 16th

live Dora Bakogiannis is a step away from returning to New Democracy

16 May 2012 / 18:05:44  
According to sources, the leader of Democratic Alliance would probably return to her political home today.


live Greece is to hold elections on 17 June

16 May 2012 / 16:05:07  
Panagiotis Pikramenos is the new caretaker prime minister of the country, who has already taken the baton from outgoing prime minister Lucas Papademos.


Greece is dragging world financial markets down

16 May 2012 / 14:05:09  
After all European financial markets closed in the red yesterday. The European financial index FTSEurofirst 300 continues to collapse and at 10:22 am it had dropped by 1% after yesterday's decline of 0.7%.


GRReporter readers have precisely interpreted the election results of 6 May

16 May 2012 / 13:05:03  
The next elections will be on 10 or 17 June and no one dares to forecast their results.


May 15th

To convene parliament or not, that is the question

15 May 2012 / 19:05:57  
The dilemma is splitting constitutional law experts. Some of them believe that compliance with the prescribed procedure will delay the new elections, whereas time is flying to the detriment of Greece.


live Talks have reached an impasse. Greece is to hold new elections

15 May 2012 / 16:05:14  
The two-hour talks between five of the seven leaders of major political forces have not yielded results and new elections will be held in Greece. President Carlos Papoulias is expected to form a caretaker government on Wednesday, which will undertake to hold the second elections. The exact election date is expected to be announced tomorrow, but according to unofficial sources, it will be 17 June this year.


Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Businessmen and publishers will benefit from the return of the drachma

15 May 2012 / 15:05:01  
The New Democracy deputy urged his colleagues to give up their remuneration, if Parliament opened for several days without a government.