Stavros Theodorakis

As the nine candidates for a new center-left party prepared to cross swords in the second round of a televised debate on Monday night, directions were published online regarding the voting procedure.

Candidate leaders for a new center-left party that is set to be launched this year will be holding their first television debate on Monday night, amid speculation over the party's makeup and platform.

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos claimed he did nothing wrong during his recent visit to London, where photos showed him carrying his wife’s shopping bags from Selfridges shopping centre and in a hotel casino with his wife.

PASOK MP Yiannis Maniatis on Wednesday announced his candidacy to become leader of Greece's new center-left political party.

"My ambition is that [the new party] will render modern social democracy a main player in our country's political developments," Maniatis told journalists after submitting his candidacy.

To Potami chief Stavros Theodorakis has officially announced his candidacy for the leadership election of Greece's new center-left party in November.

"I have decided to play a leading role in the creation of a new, big, progressive movement," Theodorakis says in a 3-minute campaign video made public on Friday.

Thanasis Theocharopoulos, leader of the minor Democratic Left (DIMAR) party, has said he will announce next week if he will run for the leadership of Greece's nascent center-left party.

Up to eight candidates may be vying for the leadership of Greece's new center-left party in elections slated for October, after Mimis Androulakis, an outspoken PASOK euro MP and author, suggested on Friday that he will run for the post.

Stavros Theodorakis, leader of the centrist To Potami party, has suggested that he will run for the leadership of Democratic Alignment in elections scheduled for October.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to hold a series talks with the leaders of Greek opposition parties to brief them on last week's Eurogroup deal and developments with Cyprus talks.

According to a statement issued by his office, Tsipras is to meet on Monday afternoon with Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis followed by the head of Union of Centrists Vassilis Leventis.

Greek politicians reacted on Monday to the death of Constantine Mitsotakis, former prime minister and president of New Democracy, by offering condolences and expressing their feelings about his legacy and demise.

"A great [man] has gone. Greece would be a better country today if it had paid more attention to him," New Democracy vice president Adonis Georgiadis tweeted.