New Democracy party

Three months ago, I made the decision to actively engage with the Greek national elections as a brief interlude between two chapters in my business career. An expat who transferred to boarding school in Massachusetts, I have now lived outside Greece for 60% of my life.

SYRIZA MP Efi Achtsioglou, considered by analysts as one of the frontrunners to succeed Alexis Tsipras as the leader of the leftist opposition party, made the first official announcement of her candidacy on Wednesday.

The leadership developments in the SYRIZA party are coming to a head on Saturday, when the meeting of the Central Committee will take place.

The party is beset by division and it is still reeling in the wake of two devastating defeats in a row - Mitsotakis' New Democracy party defeated SYRIZA 40.56% to 17.83% on June 25, the party.

Greece on Tuesday raised 3.5 billion euros in cash and bonds from a new 15-year bond issue, its debt agency said, marking the nation's first bond sale since June's national election.

Investor demand topped 13 billion euros and the final pricing was set at mid-swaps plus 125 basis points, a yield of about 4.42%, the Public Debt Management Agency said in a filing.

The main opposition left-wing SYRIZA party is on a quest for a new leader who will be able to beat Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, its officials say.

Re-elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged his conservative government would "fix the sins of the past" and over the next four years cut taxes, boost wages and pensions, and repay bailout debts earlier than expected.

Mitsotakis, 55, won 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament in a June 25 national election, securing a clear majority to push ahead with his plan.

Greece's re-elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to outline on Thursday his conservative government's agenda over the next four years, which includes tax cuts and wage and pension increases.

With backing from a politician jailed for leading a party declared a criminal gang, Greek far-right groups swept up over 12% of the vote in Sunday's election, mirroring the rise of populist and ultra-nationalist politicians across Europe.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstoakis signaled his intention on Wednesday to start delivering the measures to reduce tax evasion before proceeding with promised tax cuts.

The move is a signal at home for tax compliance, but also to markets that the government is proceeding with fiscal caution.

The members of Greece's new government take the oath during a swearing-in ceremony attended by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Tuesday. Center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' cabinet was sworn in as his New Democracy party had 40.55%, more than twice the opposition SYRIZA party's 17.84% after Sunday's election.