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Greece holds its breath as Syriza tops election polls

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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Greek voters crave education and health rescue

Education and health care are core institutions in any society. Greece has always had problems in these vital areas, the debt crisis only made them

Greece

SYRIZA 'will spearhead a pan-European economic reform effort'

Greece

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

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Greece

From jailbirds to journalists: the other leaders contesting the Greek elections

Greece

Syriza foresees tricky coalition-building to shore up success

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

Greece

Samaras, a liberal conservative in pursuit of stability

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

Greece

Ex-PM launches new party three weeks ahead of elections in Greece

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

Greece

Is Greece's Syriza a paper tiger that will be tamed by government?

Is Greece about to face the music or can a new government get Brussels to change its tune? The last four years have seen the nation lurch from one

Greece

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

Greece

Syriza leader Tsipras says Greeks not foreign interests should decide future

The Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has told supporters in Athens it’s time for the people, not foreign interests, to determine their future –

Greece

Early Greek general election 'was inevitable'

In a move some fear could jeopardise Greece’s international bailout, parliament has failed to choose a new president, rejecting the ruling

Greece

Doubts over Greek bailout as PM forced to call snap election

Greece is facing a snap election after MPs failed to elect a new president in a tight parliamentary ballot

Greece

Election rhetoric already flying in Greece ahead of forced snap election

Electioneering has already begun in Greece, with the leader of the Syriza party saying the days of a Samaras government are numbered.

Greece

Greece faces snap election after MPs fail to elect a new president

Greek MPS have failed to elect a new president, meaning the country now faces a snap election

Greece

Greek lawmakers gear up for final presidential vote

Greek MPs are gearing up for a third and final vote in their bid to elect a president. If that ballot also fails, it will trigger a general election

Greece

Greek presidential vote goes to third round

Greek lawmakers have failed to elect a president in the second round of voting held on Tuesday.

Greece

Greek MPs set for presidential vote second round

In Greece, negotiations have been going on to secure support for Stavros Dimas, the coalition's choice for president ahead of a second round vote by MPs on Tuesday.

Greece

Greek MPs begin voting in close contest to choose next president

MPs in the Greek parliament have held the first of three possible rounds of voting in a close contest to choose the country’s next president. Prime

Greece

Greek MPs divided over austerity as crucial vote looms

The Greek parliament embarks on a three-stage vote to elect a new president. If they reject the government's nominated candidate, the country faces an election that could see the left voted into power