SYRIZA

The German parliament Thursday backed plans to extend a credit programme for Greece, with Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble voicing hope for a «happy ending» to Athens' economic and political woes.

By Nikos Chrysoloras

Led by Alexis Tsipras, Syriza is Greece's biggest opposition party and has pledged to annul the country's bailout agreement should it take power.

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Greece’s future in the eurozone may hang in the balance once more, but investors believe the market fallout from any current political turbulence can be insulated, unlike during the region’s sovereign debt crisis of 2012.

The coalition government must tell the truth to the Greek people, even if this entails admitting to mistakes made over the last few months.

The country’s citizens are fully aware of how crucial the situation is right now.

Unemployed residents of Thessaloniki who are fined for not having a valid ticket on local buses will not have to pay the penalty, it was revealed on Tuesday.

The head of the Organization of Urban Transportation of Thessaloniki (OASTH), Christos Stefanidis, confirmed that jobless residents would be let off as long as they could prove that they are unemployed.

The Greek Parliament on Wednesday approved legislation paving the way for the part-privatization of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) but opposition parties did not give up their efforts to force a discussion about a referendum on the sale.

Bulgarian Kostadinka Kuneva is largely expected to enter the European Parliament as MEP from left-wing party Syriza.

The Bulgarian trade unionist, who became a victim of an acid attack in Athens in December 2008, will be one of the six MEPs of Syriza.

By Nikos Konstandaras

By Eleni Chrepa & Nikos Chrysoloras

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who presided over Greece’s return to capital markets, faces a test of his ruling coalition’s stability in European and local elections this weekend amid a challenge from bailout opponents.

People walk in front of European Parliament election posters of the Greek leftist SYRIZA party in Athens on Friday. Up to 350 million Europeans are eligible to vote in elections to the European Parliament taking place on May 22-25 in all 28 EU member states.