The Greek Opposition

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  Greece Legalises Same-Sex Marriage Amid Fierce Opposition From Orthodox Church

  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday lauded parliament's decision to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption, despite fierce opposition from the country's powerful Orthodox Church.

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  Greek Government Rocked by Resignations Amid Long-Simmering Surveillance Scandal

  Greece's intelligence chief and a close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resigned in the space of an hour on Friday, as the country's conservative government battles a surveillance scandal. While the government has consistently denied any state involvement, saying it had not bought software of that type, complaints from the opposition and...

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  Omar Abdullah's "Opposition Unity" Post On Trinamool's Latest Move

  National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday compared the unity among the opposition parties to Greek mythological character 'Chimera' and said ultimately they will do what is in their own interest.

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  Greek Conservatives Oust PM Alexis Tsipras In Election Landslide

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted defeat Sunday in a general election won handily by the conservative New Democracy party after over four years in opposition, his office said.

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  Greek Parliament Approves Controversial Pension, Tax Reforms

  Greek lawmakers late on Sunday adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes despite mass public opposition, bowing to creditor demands in a bid to unlock the next tranche of badly-needed bailout funds.

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  Greek Conservative Party to Elect New Leader on November 22

  The Greek opposition conservative New Democracy party, runners-up in the last election, on Thursday said they would elect a new leader on November 22.

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  Greek Coalition Process Crawls as Election Calls Accelerate

  Greek opposition leaders made zero progress on Sunday as they pressed on with trying to form a new coalition, despite appeals from home and abroad for a rapid move to elections so the country can deal with its simultaneous economic and humanitarian crises.

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  Greek Opposition Party Leader to Get Mandate to Form Government Friday

  Greece's main opposition party leader Vangelis Meimarakis will meet the country's president Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday morning to receive a mandate to form a new government, an official from Meimarakis' New Democracy party said.

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  Euro Lenders to Pass Bailout Judgment as Greece Backs Reforms

  In parliament overnight, Alexis Tsipras had to rely on opposition votes from the right after some of his leftist allies opposed spending cuts, tax rises and other measures he proposed in order to unlock 54 billion euros in three-year credit and save Greece from a bankruptcy that would force it out of the euro zone.

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  Greek PM Wins Backing for Concessions; EU, IMF Give Positive Signals

  The measures, which received an initial green light from the European Union and International Monetary Fund before a crucial meeting of the 19 euro zone finance ministers in Brussels, were passed with the support of pro-European opposition parties.

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  Greek Conservative Opposition Chief Antonis Samaras Resigns

  Greece's conservative opposition chief Antonis Samaras on Sunday announced his resignation after the country was on course to soundly reject further austerity cuts in a referendum

• Greek Prime Minister Uses Paris Attack to Slam Syriza Migration Proposals

  Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras used the deadly Islamist attack on France's Charlie Hebdo magazine in an election campaign speech Wednesday to slam the opposition Syriza party's proposals on immigration.

• Greek Radical Leftists Declare "Historic Win" Against Austerity

  Greek far-left opposition leader Alexis Tsipras declared victory over austerity policies on Monday as final results confirmed his anti-bailout party had won the country's election for the European Parliament.

• Greek Prime Minister Samaras throws deputy out of party

  Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has said that a deputy from his center-right party who had expressed opposition to new austerity measures is no longer part of the parliamentary group and asked that he be stripped of his party membership as well.

• Interim government will secure debt deal, says Greek PM Papandreou

  Greece's outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou said Wednesday that an agreement had been reached with the opposition on the creation of an interim government that will secure the country's new debt deal.