New Democracy (ND)

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias briefed the representatives of the parliamentary parties on the situation in Sudan on Tuesday.

Ruling New Democracy (ND) party's lead over main opposition SYRIZA party dropped below 10 percentage points, according to results in a latest opinion poll released on Monday.

The poll was conducted by the Alco firm and presented on the Athens-based Open television channel's prime-time newscast.

Greece's main opposition leader, former premier Alexis Tsipras, tabled a "no confidence" motion in Parliament on Thursday morning, accusing Kyriakos Mitsotakis' center-right government of botching the state's reaction this week to a heavy snow storm in the country, especially the greater Athens area, as well as failing to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (ERBD) on Monday announced a 75-million-euro investment in Public Power Corp. (PPC), the ATHEX-listed utility that ranks as Greece's dominant electricity provider and producer.

The European development bank said it has joined a 1.35-billion-euro share capital increase announced by PPC.

New Democracy (ND), without showing any upward trend, comfortably maintains the double-digit lead of 11 points in both measurements

The Greek government was quick to pounce on the latest upgrade of the country's credit rating on Friday evening, pointing out that Greece's same-day upgrade by DBRS Morningstar by one grade, from ΒΒ (Low) to ΒΒ, comes a week after a similar hike by Scope Ratings.

Ruling New Democracy (ND) leads by a wide margin over main opposition SYRIZA in a poll conducted by MRB.
Asked who they would vote if elections were held now, 40 percent of respondents said ND, while 20.3 percent said they would back SYRIZA.

Greek lawmakers on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of three MPs in separate cases previously discussed in the Parliament's Ethics Committee.

A total of 224 MPs in a total of 225 agreed to lift the immunity of former health minister Andreas Loverdos, as regards the ongoing investigation into the handling of the Novartis case.

Ruling New Democracy (ND) leads by a wide margin over main opposition SYRIZA in the first poll conducted by MRB after the national elections earlier this year.
Asked who they would vote if elections were held now, 36.4 percent of respondents said ND, versus 21.9 percent for SYRIZA.

Greece's center-right government, voted into power in Sunday's general elections, is granted no grace period but rather a trial period by the markets and the country's creditors, experts warned here on Monday, stressing the need for reforms and a delicate handling of the economy.