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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has addressed party supporters for the final time ahead of tomorrow’s elections. Thousands attended the New

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Greece is once again at centre of a European political drama as it gears up for its most crucial election in a generation. Polls suggest the

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Left-wing party Syriza, which has vowed to cancel austerity measures and renegotiate an international bailout, is leading polls ahead of Sunday's gene

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The youth vote in Greece could be crucial to the outcome of the elections on January 25, yet more than half of young people are jobless, many have never worked, and many have lived their whole adult l

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Greek voters go to the polls again this Friday after the collapse of the current coalition government with opinions polls pointing to a victory for

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“There’s still time for New Democracy to win the elections” insists Greek Defence Minister

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Greece’s left-wing Syriza party has maintained a steady lead in the polls ahead of election time. Party leader Alexis Tsipras toned down rhetoric

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Antonis Samaras had limited choices at the end of December. The Greek prime minister was obliged to move up elections. The snap polls were triggered

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Back with a vengeance, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has delivered a rallying cry for his newly created left-leaning party Movement

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Greek PM dissolves parliament ahead of snap elections

Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has requested that the Greek parliament be dissolved. This following parliament’s failure to choose a new

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