Stefanos Kasselakis

The resignations on Wednesday of three top executives from SYRIZA's executive bodies are further testing the cohesion of the party that has been riveted by infighting.

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to bring in an independent firm of chartered accountants to check the finances of both SYRIZA and ruling New Democracy for the past 10 years, in the latest row over shady political funding sources.

Greece's main opposition SYRIZA is in for more upheaval, after three cadres announced their intention to quit the party's executive bodies, but not the party itself.

A domino effect of reactions inside and outside SYRIZA has been triggered in the last few hours by Stefanos Kasselakis’ sudden decision to suspend the publication of the daily edition of the historic newspaper “Avgi”. Party MPs, executives, and prominent figures from the Left, literature, and press have expressed strong opposition to this “sudden death” of the publication.

The publication of the daily edition of the newspaper “Avgi” is being suspended, citing financial problems from SYRIZA‘s HQ at Koumoundourou.

Stefanos Kasselakis, President of SYRIZA, recently posted from the US, outlining his vision for party reform and criticizing his predecessor, Alexis Tsipras, which has created significant tension within the SYRIZA Progressive Alliance

Giorgos Aftias won 310,876 votes, way ahead of all other Greek candidates in the European Parliament elections. On Cyprus, 24-year-old YouTuber Fidias (Panayiotou) came out of nowhere - Kasselakis style - and, declaring that he knew nothing about Europe, took 20 percent of the vote.

Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is seen as the best candidate to lead an alliance of center-left parties, according to a poll by GPO aired on Star TV late Thursday.

The Athens Bar Association initiated a disciplinary investigation on Thursday against prominent criminal lawyer Alexis Kougias following his homophobic comments about SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis. 

Aphrodite Latinopoulou: "I identify with Le Pen, we are both center-right. I have many friends, who are gay and feel shameful about Pride. Some distort what I say, also, I wouldn't attend Kasselakis' wedding, even if invited"