Greece

Greeks voted on Sunday to turn a page in the country's politics by ousting leftist PM Alexis Tsipras and voting overwhelmingly for the conservative opposition New Democracy (ND) led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis. With almost 80 percent of the votes counted,...

Global markets showed marked enthusiasm regarding the prospect of Greece turning toward a more conservative route, following the New Democracy Party's landslide in Sunday's local and European Elections. Greece's ten-year bond lost more than nine percent since the day began, and is...

The candidate representing the New Democracy Party, Nikos Tahiaos, recorded a clear lead in the race for Thessaloniki's Mayoral office on Sunday election. With almost 60 percent of the votes counted, Tahiaos and his ''Thessaloniki Responsibly'' team have received 22.5 percent...

New Democracy Party-backed George Patoulis has a clear lead in the race for Attica's Governor, according to official results published on Sunday night. With almost 75 percent of the votes counted, Patoulis and his team received 37.6 percent of the...

Greek main opposition New Democracy Party (ND) has a 9.5 percent lead over governing SYRIZA in a new poll conducted by Greece’s Pulse polling company on behalf of Skai TV. In the poll, which was published on Thursday, the conservatives'...

A split has emerged between Greek conservatives and their European partners over the 'Macedonia' name dispute. In comments reported by the EurActiv news site, center-right European People’s Party (EPP) chief Joseph Daul hailed the “window of opportunity” available to resolve the long-running...

A new nationwide survey published on Wednesday shows New Democracy 11.8 percentage points ahead of SYRIZA in voting intention, with ND gathering 28.6% of citizens preferences and SYRIZA 16.8%. The poll was conducted by RASS using a sample of 1,504...

New Democracy continues to lead over SYRIZA as a new opinion poll by Kappa Research shows the conservatives ahead by 6.3 percentage points. The poll on behalf of Vima newspaper was published on Saturday and shows that 22.8 percent of respondents...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday presented an ND "shadow cabinet" that he said would be in a position to "hard tackle" the government ministers one on one. He said the aim was to set party...

The fifth meeting of the Greek Parliament Presidents failed to agree on the make-up of the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV), Greece's independent TV regulator. In the aftermath of the failed meeting, the main opposition conservative New...

The more conservative attitude, mentality and political ideology a person has, the most probable it is to feel disgust and revulsion for bacteria while considering interpersonal contact a threat, according to new international research conducted with the participation of...

Two new opinion polls confirm that conservative New Democracy is presently more popular than leftist SYRIZA and that Alexis Tsipras' popularity is waning. The first survey by the Opinion Poll company, conducted on behalf of Eleftheros Typos newspaper shows that...

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos criticized the proposals announced by New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday at the Thessaloniki International Fair, saying he intends to increase taxes on everyday goods. "Mitsotakis' answer to the crisis is to increase on...

Conservative main opposition New Democracy party deputies signed a group letter addressed to Shipping and Island Policy Minister Thodoris Dritsas. The letter calls on the minister to explain the three-hour absence of the Coast Guard concerning the location and arrest of the...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday stressed the need for Europe to move on to an era of post-populism during his address of the 215 members of the European Peoples Party of the European parliament. "The...