Syriza

A Greek opinion poll before June 17 elections showed New Democracy, the largest pro-bailout party, leading Syriza, which calls for the cancellation of the country’s bailout terms. Of 1,128 people surveyed by Marc SA for Athens-based Alpha TV, 26 percent...

ATHENS – With all eyes seemingly on the critical June 17 elections that could determine whether Greece leaves the Eurozone, another warning has come from one of Greece’s international lenders that more spending cuts are needed, and that a...

On May 6, the SYRIZA party surprised Greece and Europe having being voted second after New Democracy. From that day, everyone, both politicians and journalists, have attacked SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras verbally, accusing him of not having an organized...

ATHENS – After more than a week of a nearly-invisible campaign ahead of critical June 17 elections that could decide whether Greece leaves the Eurozone and possible chaos, dueling political rivals are taking shots at each other through press...

ATHENS - After a foggy night of Eurovision wailing, listening to twin dancing Irish robots keening, ballads in everything from Serbian to Lithuanian, and Greece’s Aphrodisiac entry coming up limp, I was awakened at 8 a.m. by the blaring...

Two new Greek opinion polls showed the bailout-supporting conservative New Democracy party maintaining a lead ahead of June 17 elections over Syriza, which opposes implementing the program. New Democracy had 25.6 percent support while Syriza had 22.9 percent, a survey...

ATHENS – After the first week of a four-week campaign in which there was virtually no campaigning before the critical June 17 elections, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras came out swinging on May 26, accusing Coalition of the Radical...

A Greek opinion poll showed the Syriza party, which is opposed to implementing Greece’s international financial rescue, in a dead heat with pro-bailout party New Democracy ahead of general elections to be held on June 17. Syriza’s support stood at...

Greece's radical-left Syriza party is leading in the race to win the country's elections next month, a public-opinion poll showed Thursday, outpacing the rival conservative New Democracy party by a four-point margin. According to the poll for the privately owned...

ATHENS – Locked in a battle with the New Democracy Conservatives as front-runners in the June 17 elections that could decide whether Greece leaves the Eurozone, Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tspiras has accused his rivals...