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Suppose they gave an election and nobody came? That's almost what it was like in the first round of Greek municipal elections on May 18 when voters, apparently turned off by politics, bickering, blame games, finger pointing and crushing...

While Greece 's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party - whose leaders are under arrest and facing charges of running a criminal gang - didn't do well enough in municipal elections to contest for regional offices, the extremists stronger-than-expected showing has...

Following mixed results - losses in Attica and Athens and wins across other municipalities around the country - Prime Minister and New Democracy conservative leader Antonis Samaras is asking Greek voters to support his coalition government as it heads...

The high turnout for Greece's main opposition party SYRIZA has caught the attention of the foreign media, which declare a draw in Sunday's municipal and provincial elections that leaves unfinished business for the next round in six days' time "Greece's two-party coalition government emerged...

The ruling New Democracy Conservatives, stung from a poor showing in Athens and the Attica region in the May 18 first round of Greek municipal elections, said the party was doing better across the country and would rally in...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government hopes of holding off a challenge from the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) in the May 18 first round elections for Greek municipalities got an early shock when exit polls...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' fragile coalition of his New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists faced a stern test as Greeks went to the polls on May 18 in municipal elections. The day didn't start well: PASOK leader Evangelos...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said his New Democracy Conservatives and coalition partner PASOK Socialists will hold together to win elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, but hinted he might need to bring another party into the administration. The...

Three Friday polls on Greece's local and European elections gave three different results. ALCO's poll for newspaper Proto Thema gave main opposition party SYRIZA a 1.5% lead in European Parliament elections over Nea Dimokratia, whose Antonis Samaras is considered the most popular political leader. According to the...

Former Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker, a candidate for European Commission President, said after a debate with rivals for the post that Greece's major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras wasn't fit to lead his country...