Antonis Samaras

The race to the finish: Greece’s top two parties over the decades

The electoral spread between the two top parties is near record level, especially If the opinion polls - which are reminiscent of older elections when two-party predominance was so great that the country was divided into blue (ND) and green (Pasok) cafes - are confirmed.

Back in 1974, New Democracy won the general election by a 20 percentage point spread over Pasok.

Tsipras says election result will ‘determine our lives’

As polls opened for Greece's general elections on Sunday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged people to vote, saying today's result will "determine our lives."

"The ballot boxes are empty and all possibilities are open. It is the decision of each and every one [of you] that will decide the outcome," he said in a comment on his Twitter account.

Greeks voting in general elections for first post-bailout government

Greeks are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect their first post-bailout government and the 19th since the restoration of democracy in 1974.

The snap elections were called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after his SYRIZA party suffered a significant defeat in the European and local elections held in the country last month.

Mitsotakis: No coalition, second election if ND does not get parliamentary majority

Amidst fears that many New Democracy voters may abstain from the 7 July general election due to the conviction that ND will win anyway (as it defeated SYRIZA by nine percentage points in the 26 May European Parliament election), main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has upped the ante and is warning that if his party fails to clinch a comfortable parliamentary majority there will be a seco

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