Socialism in Greece

Ruling New Democracy maintains a lead of 7.5 points over opposition SYRIZA, according to the first major poll in 2023 conducted by Pulse and presented on Skai TV's main newscast on Tuesday evening.

New Democracy garnered 33.5%, compared to 26% by leftist SYRIZA, ahead of center-left PASOK on 11%, communist KKE (6%), nationalist Greek Solution (4%) and radical-leftist MeRA25 (2.5%.)

The initiative of the chief of the state's privacy watchdog (ADAE), Christos Rammos, to send a letter Tuesday to the house speaker, party leaders and the justice minister, regarding the investigation of his agency into the wiretapping affair, triggered a sharp response from the government.

The chief of the state's privacy watchdog has sent a letter to the parliamentary speaker, party leaders and the justice minister regarding the investigation of his agency into the wiretapping affair.

I borrowed the title from the ending of all the short ads being posted by opposition SYRIZA as part of its online election campaign. The aim of the leftists with this campaign is to draw attention to all the factors (like unemployment and the high cost of renting a house) hobbling the country's young people and preventing them from taking an interest in politics and the electoral process.

There is a tendency for main opposition SYRIZA to be underestimated in public opinion polls. This happened repeatedly in the past decade. In that context the massive difference between the two main parties shown in most surveys seems fictitious.

The opinion of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos, which provides that under the new law in force, the Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the power to inform citizens whether their communications have been intercepted for national security reasons, caused the sharp reaction of ADAE'S President Christos Rammos who stressed that "n

The head of the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) said on Tuesday that "no state body can exercise any form of preventive control or prudential supervision over the authority."

Popi Tsapanidou, SYRIZA's new spokesperson, was admitted to hospital on New Year's Eve after contracting pneumonia.

Her condition is reportedly not a cause for concern and she has remained in hospital mainly for precautionary reasons.

According to state broadcaster ERT, she is expected to be discharged on Thursday.

The saga that started with the former (resigned a day ago) New Democracy MP Andreas Patsis as the protagonist, is expected to rivet public interest in the coming days.

Nikolaidis was the press secretary for SYRIZA