elections

For a second day in a row, Greek stocks and state bonds remain under heavy pressure. Starting yesterday and hit by a wave of selling foreign investors, the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) index fell more than 7%, significantly below the 900-point...

U.S. based multinational banking and financial services corporation Citigroup is examining what a SYRIZA government might mean for Greek equities, taking in account the upcoming presidential election in Greece and the risk of early general elections which might bring...

It is nothing but ironic that the once-mighty conservative New Democracy party celebrated its 40th anniversary amidst a whirlwind of public disaffection, internal arguments, a second-place running in the polls and an electorate spiraling to less than 20% of all Greeks. Meanwhile, the ruling...

According to a recent Public Issue poll published by “Efimerida ton Syntakton," SYRIZA's lead over New Democracy is steadily growing, with approximately 36 percent of Greeks now supporting the leftist opposition party. This figure is up 11% since May's...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras earlier today, expressed her content with the progress achieved in Greece's recovery program. Although the Greek Premier went to Berlin with a specific agenda, no...

SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras, speaking during the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Saturday, referred to his party's economic policy and called for general elections immediately. Tsipras attacked the coalition government and accused Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos of obeying the demands of...

The high turnout for Greece's main opposition party SYRIZA has caught the attention of the foreign media, which declare a draw in Sunday's municipal and provincial elections that leaves unfinished business for the next round in six days' time "Greece's two-party coalition government emerged...

Voters in Greece, tend to express their adoration or complete disapproval of parties or candidates with some really peculiar phrases. A  voter wanting to show strong discontent with a politician says, "Black to..." (followed by candidate's name). But where did that...

The general rehearsal for the transmission of the first round in the local elections was successfully completed. The first estimation on the results is anticipated to be transmitted at 11 p.m. Leading authorities of the Ministry of Interior watched as...

According to recent polls conducted by VPRC, SYRIZA is in the lead to win the upcoming elections. In detail, VPRC conducted a poll for the Greek magazine “Epikaira” regarding vote assessment, which showed that SYRIZA is in the lead with...