Presidential Election

The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, received the outgoing President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, at his office earlier today in order to agree on the current Parliament's dissolution, ahead of the upcoming snap general elections, that according...

Greece will have to call general elections within a period of at least 21 days from today as the Greek Parliament failed to elect Stavros Dimas as President of the Republic of Greece. Greek constitution dictates that in an unsuccessful...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held a press conference on Saturday, December 27, in light of the Presidential election's third voting round. Samaras urged MPs to come to a consensus and elect a President in order to avoid national elections. The third...

The Greek Parliament is voting in the third and final round in order to elect a new President of the Hellenic Republic on Monday, at 12pm. Failure to get the required 180 votes will lead to national elections. Ruling coalition candidate...

Greek Presidential candidate Stavros Dimas ruled out the scenario of being elected as the next President with the votes of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. “As I respect the democratic institutions, I will not accept being elected President of the Republic...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is processing his final strategies ahead of the final, third ballot for the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic. The speculation regarding the Greek Premier’s final move has dramatically risen since yesterday and...

The electoral alliance between Spyros Lykoudis’ Reformers and Stavros Theodorakis’ "To Potami" was announced today at a press conference that took place at the Old Parliament in downtown Athens, Greece. Lykoudis revealed that he was in talks with Theodorakis regarding...

In the turmoil of the second unsuccessful ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, international media have yet again turned their eyes to the Greek Parliament. The numbers simply do not add up, they estimate,...

Former Greek Prime Minister and PASOK leader George Papandreou will reportedly announce the formation of a new political party by the end of 2014, according to Greek television. In the last few months, Papandreou has been seen distancing himself from the...

The number of independent MPs currently present in the Greek Parliament reached 25 today, after Niki Founta's departure from Democratic Left's (DIMAR) parliamentary group. In terms of numbers, this development means that, at the moment, the independent MPs consist the...