Greek election 2015

Greek main opposition SYRIZA praised earlier today the intervention of European Union Commisioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, regarding the need for extended flexibility of the Stability Pact for the European South countries. At the same...

A Greek appeals prosecutor has refused to let the Golden Dawn members currently in jail take a furlough in order to participate in their party’s political campaign for the upcoming January 25 elections. The request has been submitted by Golden Dawn leader...

"The participation in the elections concerns all the generations and all the ages. It concerns the future," SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said at an open discussion-interview organized by Avgi newspaper on twitter. Tsipras said that "the government is afraid of...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA has a 3.4 percentage point lead over ruling New Democracy (ND), according to an opinion poll to be published on Thursday's edition of newspaper "To Pontiki." 31.2% of the survey participants said they intend to vote for SYRIZA...

His commitment that German taxpayers have nothing to be afraid of in the case of a new Greek government led by leftist anti-austerity party SYRIZA, expressed in an article for German business daily newspaper "Handelsblatt," the party's leader, Alexis...

A few days after Spanish Finance Minister Luis De Guindos categorically denied that the critical January 25 Greek elections have any relevance with Spain, and just a few hours after the leader of leftist Podemos, Pablo Iglesias Turrion, sent...

"SYRIZA maintains a stable and sharp edge in polls," said ALCO research firm CEO Costas Panagopoulos, commenting on recent election polls. Speaking to "Parapolitika 90.1" radio, Panagopoulos said that the SYRIZA lead is not only stable but the flow towards the...

The prospect of “leaving the euro area is not necessarily a bluff,” Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “An accident could happen, and the whole idea is to avoid it,” he added. The main challenge...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA on Monday unveiled its nationwide state MPs ballot that is led by sociologist Constantinos Tsoukalas, a professor in the University of Athens' Political Sciences department. SYRIZA's list of 12 state MPs includes party spokesman Panos Skourletis in third place, academic Rania...

There are two options for the upcoming January 25 Greek general elections, said Pablo Iglesias Turrion, leader and founder of leftist Spanish political party Podemos (We Can), and those are either the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, or the Greek...