Nikos Karanikas

The inaugural manifesto of the new political entity and the name has been presented at the Cacoyannis Foundation by Stefanos Kasselakis, Kinima Dimokratias (Democratic Movement).

Earlier, former SYRIZA MPs and current independents Kyriaki Malama, Theodora Tzakri, Alexandros Avlonitis, Ralia Christidou and Giota Poulou had arrived at the event.

PAOK came from behind to beat Larissa and extend its lead at the top of the Super League to seven points on Sunday, thanks to the draw Olympiakos conceded at Xanthi that has seen Atromitos leapfrog the Reds into second.

The results mean PAOK is the winter champion, two rounds of games before the halfway point of the league.

Former SYRIZA MEP Costas Chrysogonos on Thursday accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of adopting a strategy that is "essentially Stalinist" in nature.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’s strategic consultant Nikos Karanikas issued an unprecedented statement via his twitter and Facebook accounts in response to the announcement on Monday by Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold to suspend its operations in Greece accusing the government of not fulfilling its contractual obligations. “El dorado did what it could.