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Greek election 2015

New York Times: Greece Will Race Against Time After Elections

The possibility of a bank run is a danger that Greece is facing if leftist SYRIZA wins the January 25 elections, according to a New York Times report. SYRIZA leads the polls and most likely will form a coalition government...

Potami Leader Theodorakis Says his Party will Win Third Place in Upcoming General Elections

Potami party will win third place in the January 25 general elections, its leader Stavros Theodorakis on Sunday said during the central pre-election rally in Thessaloniki, Greece. Theodorakis also noted that it would be a shame for democracy if...

Twenty-One Parties, Four Coalitions and One Independent to Run for January 25 Greek Elections

The submission deadline for the delegations' participation in the January 25 Greek general elections expired and the Public Prosecutor along with the country's Supreme Court have approved the participation of 21 political parties, four coalitions and one independent candidate. In the following...

SYRIZA's Six Immediate Priorities

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, in his address in Corinth, referred to six top priorities that his government will implement in order for Greece to become a European country again. "The sealed lips have turned into clenched fists and fear has...

New Greek Polls: SYRIZA Continues to Lead Over New Democracy

Greek main opposition SYRIZA leads over ruling New Democracy (ND) by 2.6 percentage points, according to an opinion poll published in Sunday newspaper "To Vima." According to the poll, SYRIZA came first with 28.1%, followed by ND with 25.5%. In third place was...

Former Greek PM George Papandreou Speaks About Everyone and Everything

Democratic Socialists Movement leader and former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou, during an interview to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday, referred to everything and everyone and shed light to a number of questions and speculations regarding his actions and policy when...

SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: We Will Free Farmers From the Shackles of Unjust Taxation

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who is visiting the region of Argolida, Greece, said that "we will re-establish the cooperative movement on healthy roots and will release the farmer and producer from the ties of an unjust taxation." Tsipras underlined that...

Greek PM Samaras: Rifts, Reforms and Competitiveness Everywhere

With the words "rifts, reforms and competitiveness everywhere" Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras presented live on TV his party's National Plan of Reforms and Development on Saturday. "Some want the businessman's partisan state, others the prevalence of...

Greek FinMin Underperforming due to Elections

Everything in the Greek Finance Ministry, located at the very heart of Athens, in Syntagma Square, Greece , seems to have stopped ahead of the elections, putting at risk anything (major or minor) that has been achieved during the...

PM Samaras: Greece Begins Economic Recovery, Especially in Tourism

Greece is now on a course of economic recovery, especially in tourism where it is expected to excel, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said while visiting the island of Rhodes on Friday. The Greek Premier met with representatives of local...