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Battle lines are being drawn for the Sunday, May 25 second round of Greek local elections, and for the European Parliament, which will mostly pit Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives against the major opposition Coalition of the...

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...

On the eve of elections for municipalities and EU Parliament, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras said SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is trying to destabilize Greece just as it's recovering from a crushing economic crisis. Greeks go...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hopes of continuing his administration to the 2016 elections could depend not on the showing of his New Democracy Conservatives in this month's elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, but of his coalition...

A week before Greeks go to the polls to vote in local elections - and two weeks before those for the European Parliament - the race between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives and major opposition Coalition of...

After leading PASOK to the brink of extinction, party leader Evangelos Venizelos said there are dissidents who want the Socialists to fare badly in this month's elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament so they can try to...

A new poll conducted across Greece by Pulse RC from May 2 to May 7 gives SYRIZA a 2% lead over New Democracy for the upcoming Euro elections. More specifically, since the last Pulse poll last week, SYRIZA has increased its lead by 0.5%,...

Essentially declaring his once-dominant party dead, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says it will survive the critical May elections for the European Parliament and Greek municipalities although it has had to attach itself to a new center-left political group...

Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who once said Greece didn't need debt relief, on April 28 confirmed that it does and that the government next week will begin the process of asking international lenders to restructure 240 billion euros in...