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Greek Islands Shown as Turkish in French Newspaper Provokes Complaint

Greece has issued a complaint to the popular French newspaper Le Monde for showing Greek islands on a map as being Turkish territories. The map was published by Le Monde as part of a feature on the Turkish election results....

Greece Bans Party Linked to Neo-Nazi Group from National Elections

The Supreme Court in Greece has prohibited a political party associated with the extremist organization Golden Dawn, which espouses neo-Nazi ideology, from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. The court has prohibited the far-right Hellenes party, founded...

Greek Party Leaders’ Debate Set for May 10

The date of the televised debate of the Greek party leaders ahead of the May 21 national elections is confirmed for May 10.

Election Campaign Officially Launched in Greece

Greece officially launched the election campaign on Saturday after PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the dissolution of parliament and the holding of elections on May 21. Visiting Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Mitsotakis handed over the ministerial council act proposing the dissolution...

U.S. State Department Congratulates New Greek PM Tsipras

The United States congratulated new Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras on his electoral victory. The Department of State stressed that the U.S. will continue to work closely with the new Greek government by cooperating in all aspects. A State Department...

Alexis Tsipras Inaugurated as Greek Prime Minister for the Second Time in Eight Months

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras swore a political oath on Monday evening, to become Greece's Prime Minister just 30 days after abdicating his post. Tsipras was sworn in as prime minister in a short ceremony at the Presidential Palace. Earlier in the day Tsipras...

New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to be Sworn in Monday

Alexis Tsipras won Sunday's elections and is to be sworn in as the country's prime minister on Monday afternoon. He has already announced that he will form a coalition government with Independent Greeks (ANEL). Tsipras stated that the electoral result...

Greek Elections: Official Final Results

The Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has won its second parliamentary elections in eight months having garnered 35.47 percent of the Greek vote and 145 parliament seats on Sunday. The New Democracy conservatives came in second with 28.09 percent...

Voter Turnout in Greek Elections Drops to New Historic Low: Infographic

SYRIZA and its leader Alexis Tsipras may have been Sunday's big election winners, but one of the facts that stands out about this election is the unprecedented abstention rate. With 90% of the votes counted, 43.55% of Greeks who were...

Jeroen Dijsselbloem Congratulates Tsipras on Electoral Victory

Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem congratulated Alexis Tsipras on his SYRIZA party victory during Greece's legislative elections on Sunday evening. "Looking forward to a swift formation of a new government with strong mandates to continue the reform process," the Dutch finance minister wrote...