Greek elections

Meeting in Brussels yesterday evening (May 23), EU heads of state and governments indirectly called on Greek voters to support the mainstream political parties in support of the EU/IMF bailout program as talk of a Greek exit from the...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said cash-strapped Greece needed to implement EU and IMF-imposed austerity measures as European solidarity was "not a one-way street." "To tell the Greeks that they need not apply austerity deals to which they have agreed...

Greece's conservative New Democracy party and the radical leftist Syriza party are even in polls published in Sunday newspapers, with two polls showing New Democracy would garner the most support in a fresh vote mid-June and Syriza taking the...

So, here we are. Seven days after the elections, we are right back where we started. Elections. Again. Yet anyone living in Greece realizes that elections in a month won’t change much. And it  really is frustrating that seven...

Greece's decision to return to the ballot box in the search for a government unleashed a hazardous new phase in Europe's debt crisis, with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble calling the vote a referendum on whether the country stays...

Canadian Press said that Greek citizens voted for the anti-Memorandum parties, showing their disapproval of the austerity measures and of the Greek parties supporting them. Today's Canadian headlines stress the fact that the rescue package provided by the IMF is...

The early exit polls, which became public minutes after the end of the voting process, show that the end of the bipartisanism in Greece has come. New Democracy party appears to be first, though it is not clear yet. To...

ATHENS – As voter returns in the May 6 Greek elections showed a rejection of the traditional ruling parties of New Democracy Conservatives and PASOK Socialists support for austerity, they still nonetheless seemed to have gotten enough combined support...

May 6 is a crucial date for everyone in Greece and also in Europe. So, today's Google frontpage represents the Greek elections by showing a ballot box adorned with Greek flags. Some Google letters keep a vote in their...

On the eve of the Greek elections, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble sent a warning to Greece that it will have to "bear the consequences" if it fails to elect a government that does not respect commitments made by...