Greek elections

"The recapitalization of the Greek banks will start in October with the view to be completed by the end of 2015," SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras late on Thursday said in an interview with Star TV. Tsipras underlined that since the...

New opinion polls on Sunday's critical election show that SYRIZA and New Democracy run neck to neck, with most of them giving the conservative party a slight edge. Metrisi shows New Democracy first In a survey conducted by Metrisi for Eleftheros...

New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis on Thursday stressed the need for consensus after the elections and urged people to vote for stability and say no to "experiments." "We chose Omonoia (Concord) Square to symbolize the path we want for the...

Amid the implementation of the new bailout's reforms, Greek farmers will continue to protest on the streets of Northern Greece until the September 20 Greek elections. The farmers had taken their tractors to the streets since Wednesday in protest against the additional farming taxes...

  KKE leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at the party's election rally at Syntagma Square Three days before Sunday's election, and party leaders try to fish from the pool of undecided voters while preaching to the converted. SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras spoke...

Two new opinion polls published on Thursday show that the close race between SYRIZA and New Democracy continues as one survey shows the leftist party leading by 0.6 points while another shows New Democracy ahead by 0.5 percent. A survey...

The close race in opinion polls ahead of Sunday's elections continues, with a new survey showing conservative New Democracy leading over leftist SYRIZA by half a percentage point. The new poll by Pulse for Action 24 television, was conducted after...

Popular Unity and the PASOK-DIMAR alliance started the major pre-election rallies in the Greek capital on Tuesday evening. Less than eight months after the party campaigns that culminated in the January 25 election, the people of Athens are gathering again...

Farmers from northern Greece will be position themselves at polling stations to protest on election day, Sunday September 20, announced the head of the nationwide coordinating committee of farmers and stockbreeders Christos Gondias. Gondias spoke to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency,...

The debate between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy president Vangelis Meimarakis was as predictable as heat in July and ended in a draw because both parties had very little of substance to say. At least, the two opponents...