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Greece Introduces Postal Voting for the First Time in History

Greece will introduce postal voting, a historic first for the country, for next year's European Parliament elections, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday. He said that postal voting would also be used in the next general elections irrespective of whether...

Cyprus Euro Ballot Notable For Its Absences

Cyprus elected its six MEPs without political surprise Sunday night, but only 44% of voters turned out, bringing the abstention rate to an unprecedented 56%. However, as many as 37,000 Turkish Cypriots were left out of the ballot due to supposed bureaucratic failings. Nevertheless, Republic of...

2014 Euro-Elections: The 21 Elected Greek MEPs

With a sufficient percentage of votes (about 8%) counted until Monday morning, May 26, we have the newly elected Greek MEPs of the 2014 Euro-elections held yesterday. From the 21 seats of Greece in the European Parliament, SYRIZA gets six...

Variations on a SYRIZA theme in Greece's Euro polls

Three polls on Friday May 23, ahead of Greece's Sunday European Parliament election vote, offer but variations on a theme: a SYRIZA lead. An ongoing GPO poll for the Greek website Newsit gives SYRIZA a 1% lead over New Democracy, with definitive results to be published...

Poll: SYRIZA Leads ND by 2% in Euro Elections, GD Third

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%,...

Pulse Poll: SYRIZA in Lead for Euro Elections

A new poll on May’s Euro elections conducted by Pulse RC for the Greek website www.topontiki.gr showed SYRIZA has retained its 1.5% lead over New Democracy, with both parties increasing their share of the vote by 3% since April's survey. More specifically, SYRIZA has...

Independent Greeks Search Euro Candidates via Facebook

The leader of the Independent Greeks party (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, is searching for Euro elections candidates via Facebook. Kammenos decided to complete Independent Greeks’ candidate list for the 2014 Euro elections in a new and unexpected way. He posted on...

First Debate in Athens for Next President of European Commission

The first debate for the candidacy of the next President of the European Commission will take place in Athens during the Summit of 800 regional governors and mayors of the European Union in March 2014. More than 800 mayors and...