Greek elections

The Supreme Court in Greece has prohibited a political party associated with the extremist organization Golden Dawn, which espouses neo-Nazi ideology, from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. The court has prohibited the far-right Hellenes party, founded...

The Greek diaspora will be mostly absent from the parliamentary elections of May 21, as only 27,579 out of millions of Greeks residing all over the world have applied to vote. This is a fiasco for the government and political...

The Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis officially announced the date of the parliamentary elections on Tuesday, saying they will take place on May 21. Speaking at a meeting of his ministers in Athens, the conservative leader said that if...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has reneged on his promise to initiate the process for general elections in Greece immediately after the second round of the local and regional elections held last weekend. Government sources now say that Tsipras will visit...

Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass is betting that Greece will experience a dramatic political turnaround, with elections called within a year, that will spur a rally across the nation’s assets. Bass, founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital Management, owns Greek bank...

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...

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...