Greek Election

A new poll just released minutes ago reveals that a large number of Greek voters have turned to the radical left-wing Syriza Party in the wake of recent elections. The election has failed to produce a coalition so far,...

Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek Socialist party leader, has been unable to form a national unity government after holding last-ditch talks with rivals, party officials have said. "Venizelos will return the mandate tomorrow to President Karolos Papoulias," a senior Socialist PASOK...

More than half of all police officers in Greece voted for pro-Nazi party Golden Dawn in the elections of May 6. This is the disconcerting result of an analysis carried out by authoritative newspaper To Vima in several constituencies...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed alarm that Greece’s neo-Nazi party garnered enough votes in this week’s election to earn seats in Parliament, and urged the president of Greece to refuse to appoint any neo-Nazi party members to the cabinet. The...

The euro area could handle Greece’s exit from the currency union because the risk of contagion has waned, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying in comments to the Rheinische Post newspaper. “We have learned a lot in...

Despite the fact that it is impossible to predict how soon the votes will result in changes in actual policy, May 6 was a good start for Greeks, for the French and for all the European people to be...

Euro zone governments kept Greece afloat on Wednesday after agreeing on a payment of 5.2 billion euros from the region's bailout fund, despite opposition from some member states following the Greek election results. After a conference call, the board of...

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Wednesday that it was up to Greece if it wanted to stay in the euro zone. "We want Greece to stay in the euro zone. Whether it stays in the euro zone is...

The biggest winner of the Greek election is Alexis Tsipras and his party, SYRIZA. In the craziest and most crucial elections in Greek post-war history, Alexis Tsipras overcame a lack of experience, two candidates who are political institutions and...

Germany΄s chancellor said any new Greek government must continue to implement the mix of austerity measures and structural reforms that the country has agreed to in exchange for its international bailouts. According to Associated Press, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday...