Greece

The Cyprus issue and the re-ignition of the UN-backed peace process dominated a televised debate between the candidates running in the island’s presidential election on Sunday. The five main candidates -- incumbent Nicos Anastasiades; Nicolas Papadopoulos; Stavros Malas; George Lillikas;...

A remark by presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos on the Cyprus campaign trail over rules discussed in the reunification talks, has led to a political storm with accusations of "fake news". Speaking on Sunday at a campaign gathering in Chirokitia, Papadopoulos...

New Democracy's four candidates emerged out of their meeting on Wednesday with a message of party unity. The four candidates Adonis Georgiadis, Kiriakos Mitsotakis, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and interim President Evangelos Meimarakis met on Wednesday in the follow up to an inter-party...

Greece's public broadcaster ERT has sent out invitations to the candidates in main opposition New Democracy's leadership race, asking them to take part in a televised debate, according to announcements issued by some of the candidates on Wednesday. Aides of...

The Greek Communist Party (KKE) criticized the choice of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to propose Prokopis Pavlopoulos for President of the Hellenic Republic and announced that KKE MPs will vote "present" in tomorrow's vote. The official announcement issued from KKE headquarters underlined...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will not announce the name of the candidate for the President of the Hellenic Republic this evening as it was originally scheduled. Analysts say that certain extreme leftist SYRIZA members disagreed over the name of...

Greek Presidential candidate Stavros Dimas ruled out the scenario of being elected as the next President with the votes of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. “As I respect the democratic institutions, I will not accept being elected President of the Republic...

Members of Lucas Papademos' administration, from November 2011 to May 2012, including Greek presidential candidate Stavros Dimas, will face a Parliamentary Examination Committee or even a Special Court, said on Tuesday, while speaking on Greek TV, main opposition SYRIZA MP Alexis Mitropoulos. "It...

After the coalition's decision to speed up the process for election of president of the Hellenic republic, several names of possible candidates have been leaked to the Press. However, the government has not made any official announcement regarding the...

In an unprecedented move, the European Commission on Wednesday decided to formally back a political candidate running for President in Greece, and applauded the government for calling for snap presidential election. Yesterday, the Greek government and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras moved the...

While the world feels numb from the ramifications of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, all eyes are turning to the United States for today's 58th presidential election, probably the most important in the post-war years. What is certain...

Turkey’s election campaign came to Greece on Thursday as the country’s main opposition candidate, Muharrem Ince, visited the town of Komotini in western Thrace. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for the upcoming snap presidential election on June 24, visited the...

Cypriots go to the polls for the presidential runoff on Sunday to chose between between incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades and communist-backed independent Stavros Malas. Anastasiades garnered 35.5 percent on the first round with Melas trailing behind with 30.2 percent. Together the...

The Archbishop of Cyprus, Chrysostomos II, has thrown his weight behind President Nicos Anastasiades, ahead of the incumbent's run-off vote against a leftist challenger. Anastasiades and communist-backed independent Stavros Malas will face off on Sunday to see who will become the eighth president...

Cyprus' center-right DIKO party has decided it will support neither the incumbent nor his left-wing challenger in Sunday's runoff of the country’s presidential election. The party's executive bureau said endorsing either President Nicos Anastasiades or independent Stavros Malas would be a...