Greece elections

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The word Popular by definition means liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group, however this was not the case for 'Popular Unity' (Laiki Enotita in Greek), a new party formed by SYRIZA dissidents. Popular Unity...

French President Francois Hollande on Sunday welcomed the significant success of SYRIZA and its leader Alexis Tsipras adding that it is an important message for European left. "Greece will enjoy a period of stability with a clear parliamentary majority," Hollande...

“The left-wing SYRIZA party is set to return to power in Greece, general election exit polls indicated on Sunday,” noted the Guardian’s correspondent in Greece, Helena Smith. She also added that the leading party’s supporters had gathered in central...

  SYRIZA emerged as the victorious political party in the Greek elections on Sunday night with 35.5% of the Greek vote and Greece's political party leaders reacted to the result. New Democracy President Evangelos Meimarakis congratulated SYRIZA for their victory during Sunday. The centre-right...