Greece

Opposition candidates have won most of the major contests in the second round of Greece's local and regional elections which were held on Sunday. Kostas Bakoyannis, the candidate officially supported by opposition party New Democracy, won the race to become...

As votes for each one of the individual MEP candidates are still being counted, those who are currently leading the races now seem to have a good chance of becoming Greece's next 21 MEPs. Let's take a closer look at...

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...

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;...

The 9 candidates for the leadership of the new center-left party, appeared in a televised debate on state TV, five days before the first round of elections. The two-hour long debate took place just after the terrorist attack against the...

The nine candidates for the leadership of the new center-left party to be formed, presented their views on coalitions during their first public debate on national broadcaster ERT on Monday. With the two major parties leading the race in opinion polls;...

Ten candidates have registered for the election for the leadership of the centre-left in Greece as the deadline expired on Friday evening. The first round of elections is set to be held on November 5, while a runoff vote has...

Six out of 10 employers in Greece are finding it difficult to fill their vacant job positions, ManpowerGroup said in its annual international talent shortage report for 2016 released on Thursday. For 2016, ManpowerGroup said that 59 percent of employers had...

Three investment groups expressed their initial interest for the sale of 100% stake of TRAINOSE S.A., Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) said on Friday. The investment groups are: Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A.  Open Joint-Stock Company "Russian Railways"  GEK TERNA SOCIETE ANONYME...

Less than a week before Sunday's election, the two candidates for New Democracy leadership are gearing up for the final stretch of their campaign. The goal of Vangelis Meimarakis and Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to win the votes that went to Apostolos...

The two candidates for the New Democracy presidency will battle it out on the January 10 ballot and figures show that the race will be close. Vangelis Meimarakis has about 41 percent of the total vote in Sunday's election, while...

(Left to Right: Meimarakis, Mitsotakis, Georgiadis, Tzitzikostas) The four candidates for the presidency of New Democracy are bracing for Sunday's election giving their final speeches to potential voters. There are many differences between the four potential leaders, covering the area...

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...

New Democracy interim president Vangelis Meimarakis accused the party's central electoral committee for trying to contrive the results of the election. According to people close to Meimarakis, the transitional party chief believes that party secretary Andreas Papamimikos and general director...

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...