Monday, May 6, 2024
KKE General Secretary Koutsoumbas to visit Germany — KKE-Generalsekretär besucht Deutschland
Sunday, April 28, 2024
KKE General Secretary Koutsoumbas visited New York
Dimitris Koutsoumbas with ALU President Chris Smalls |
The opening speech was made by Kostas Lourdas on behalf of the KKE Friends Club in New York, while interventions were also made by KKE candidates for European Parliament, Lefteris Nikolaou Alavanos and Kostas Gouliamos, who accompanied Koutsoumbas in his North American trip.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe present declaration ahead of June's European elections
D. Koutsoumbas presented the Declaration of the Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe on the European elections of 9 June
On Friday 12 April 2024, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the GS of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) presented at the Headquarters of the CC of the KKE the Declaration of the Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe on the European elections of 9 June, elaborated by the parties of the European Communist Action (ECA).
Monday, April 8, 2024
Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of KKE, to visit Canada and the USA on 21-27 April
Being the head of a delegation, the KKE General Secretary will have meetings with expatriate Greeks in Toronto and Montreal, as well as with labour unions and representatives of the Communist Party of Canada. Koutsoumbas will also address political events organized in the two Canadian cities.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
KKE leader Koutsoumbas declines participation in Delphi Economic Forum due to Zelensky
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Dimitris Koutsoumbas: With a stronger KKE in Greece and abroad, for a great pan-European counterattack
"With a much stronger KKE much stronger in Greece and abroad, let's trumpet a pan-European counterattack! Let's send the appropriate message to the EU of brutality: A stronger KKE and bigger mass counter-attack struggles for the right of the peoples," he stressed.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
KKE honors Lenin's 100th death anniversary: "Hold high the flag of socialism-communism, the red flag of Lenin"
The event, organized by the Party's Central Committee, consists part of a series of political and cultural events in honor of the Bolshevik revolutionary and father of the Soviet Union, on the occasion of the 100 years since his death.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Mass rally of the KKE in Athens: No participation of Greece in NATO’s abattoir of war!
In his speech, D. Koutsoumbas called on the people to break the omerta that the New Democracy government and all other parties are trying to impose on the involvement of our country in the imperialist wars raging in the region and in all the dangerous plans of the USA and NATO. “The message that the New Democracy government and the warmongering EU will receive in the coming elections, should be much more resounding! The only ballot paper that can carry this anti-war message across Europe is that of the KKE”, he stressed.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Mass farmers rally held outside the Greek Parliament
The poor farmers were warmly received in the Greek capital by trade unions, university students’ unions, unions of the self-employed of the city, the Federation of Women of Greece and other mass organizations.
Friday, February 9, 2024
Greek farmers on the streets: General Secretary of the KKE Koutsoumbas expresses support and solidarity
KKE's General Secretary speaking to farmers in Thessaly |
On Thursday 8/2/24, starting from the morning until late at night, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, GS of the CC of the Communist Party (KKE), visited 9 junctions in Central Greece and Thessaly, where farmers’ roadblocks have been set up. The farmers gave a warm welcome to the GS of the CC of the KKE.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
European Communist Action: KKE's Koutsoumbas addressed the founding meeting in Athens
Delegations from twelve Communist and Workers' Parties from Europe participated in the event: Labour Party of Austria (PdA), Communist Revolutionary Party of France (PCRF), Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Swiss Communist Party, Workers' Party of Ireland, Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), Communist Front of Italy, New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN), Union of Communists of Ukraine, Communist Party of Sweden (SKP), Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), Communist Workers' Party of Finland.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
D. Koutsoumbas: On the military conflict between Israel and Palestine and the developments in the region
Israel’s ground offensive on the Gaza Strip will trigger a general conflagration in the region, and more generally, on a global scale. This issue was rightly addressed by the recent plenary meeting of the CC of the KKE. The CC reaffirmed the public positions of the Party, as they were reflected in press releases of the Press Office, in the interventions of its MPs in the Greek and the European Parliaments, as well as its actions in the mass movement.
Α. The regional and international powers–capitalist states involved in the conflict in the Middle East
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Greece local elections: Significant reinforcement of the KKE in all regions and large municipalities
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Koutsoumbas: Join forces with the KKE in all struggles and in local elections!
At the rally in the city of Larissa on Tuesday 3 October, he stated the following:
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
KKE: Article by Dimitris Koutsoumbas on the post-election developments and the tasks of the Party
A few weeks ago, we came out of an arduous, long and relatively intense electoral period with two successive electoral battles that reflected the current negative political correlation of forces.
Monday, July 17, 2023
Thousands of young communists participated in the 32nd Anti-imperialist Camp of KNE
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Communist Party of Vietnam and KKE reaffirm long-standing fraternal relations
Phan Dinh Trac, accompanied by the Ambassador of Vietnam in Greece, Le Hong Truong, was welcomed by the General Secretary of the CC of the KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas and Giorgos Marinos, member of the KKE's Political Bureau.
Monday, June 26, 2023
Greek Elections 2023: KKE's significant rise with 7.7% and more than 400,000 votes sends hopeful message
The Party also increases its MPs, from 15 to 20.
The conservative party of New Democracy (40.55%) prevailed in the elections, while the party of the new social democracy, SYRIZA (17.84%), recorded an important decline and a major defeat. The old force of social democracy, PASOK (11.85%), was strengthened, while the nationalist party Hellenic Solution (4.44%) was reelected.
Thursday, June 22, 2023
D. Koutsoumbas: Only a strong KKE can strengthen the genuine 100% militant people’s opposition against the New Democracy government
“The mass red rally of the people and youth here in Athens confirms that the positive step taken in May can now become a leap forward” stressed Dimitris Koutsoumbas.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Greek Elections 2023 — Now is the time to decide how much stronger the KKE will be
In his speech, Dimitris Koutsoumbas stressed the following:
“Another crime that was bound to happen, the shipwreck off Pylos that continues to shock us all, was carried out a few days ago. The KKE is once again at the forefront of the struggle and clearly states that, despite the decay and cynicism of all the voices of the system, there is the choice of action and organized struggle against barbarity.