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Reuters sees EU austerity, unemployment behind New Democracy landslide
Greece's opposition conservatives returned to power with a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, and Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging more investments and fewer taxes.
ND takes charge in landslide win, vows more investment, fewer taxes
Greece's opposition conservatives returned to power with a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, and Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging more investments and fewer taxes.
Tsipras concedes defeat in election
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras conceded defeat Sunday after a partial vote count showed Greece's opposition conservatives comfortably winning the first parliamentary election since the country emerged from its international bailouts.
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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.
Mitsotakis says new day dawning for Greece after elections
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed confidence that he will emerge victorious in Sunday's general elections, saying Greeks have the country's fate in their hands.
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.
Greek conservatives tipped to oust leftists in early election
Greece's opposition conservatives are expected to ride a wave of anger over continuing austerity measures to seize power from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftists in next Sunday's election.
PM takes dig at opposition leader over call for 'strong mandate'
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday accused his main rival, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, of threatening voters with a mid-August second round if a majority government does not emerge from snap polls on July 7.
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