Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)

Greek parties that are described as populist, anti-liberal and Eurosceptic regularly vote against EU laws brought to Parliament for approval, according to policy paper published by the Athens-based Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM) on Thursday.

Unknown assailants used a homemade explosive device comprising gas canisters to cause damage to the entrance of a building housing private television channel ART in the Athens neighborhood of Kallithea in the early hours of Monday.

The device detonated shortly after 2 a.m., causing minor damage and no injuries, police said.

Finally the time has arrived for the main opposition New Democracy (ND) party to choose its leader after all the pressure of failed national elections, the fiasco of a failed local election and a time of introspection as different party factions pull the party in all directions. Haven’t voted yet? Here’s a profile of the four candidates.

It seem unlikely that the leader of the ultranationalist Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party, Giorgos Karatzaferis, will face bribery charges after it was revealed that two middlemen in an arms deal paid 1.6 million euros to his offshore company, sources have told Kathimerini.

Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) head Giorgos Karatzaferis on Tuesday denied he was resigning from the party’s top position following allegations that payments of 1.65 millions had been made into offshore companies linked to him and members of his family.

The leader of the right-wing Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) is expected to resign in the coming days amid the launch of a probe into press claims that 1.65 million euros was paid into two offshore firms linked to him and his relatives.

Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) leader Giorgos Karatzaferis said on Monday that he has no knowledge of payments of 1.65 million euros allegedly made into offshore companies linked to the right-wing politician and family members.

New Democracy politician Thanasis Plevris will take the place of outgoing Dimitris Avramopoulos in Parliament.

Avramopoulos gave up his seat on Monday as he left to take up the role of Home Affairs and Migration commissioner in Brussels.

Police are investigating after an attack at the offices of Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party in the central Athens neighborhood of Patissia.

No one was injured in the incident which occurred at 2.30 a.m.

Police said the assailants broke the front windows and threw paint inside the building before leaving the site.

Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed opposition on Friday to New Democracy’s apparent plans to bring back into the fold politicians who had left the party in the past and went on to be part of what he termed “populist” parties.