Greek government-debt crisis

Leftist SYRIZA party, which wants to revoke Greece's bailout program, is poised to win Sunday's snap poll in the country, according to exit polls.

Though polling stations are to close within a few hours, some pollsters have already announced partial results, according to the BBC and German weekly Der Spiegel.

Hours before polling stations close in Greece, many media outlets place an emphasis on the impact Alexis Tsipras's Coalition of the Radical Left (known for its acronym SYRIZA) is having on the nation's political landscape.

This comes against the backdrop of opinion polls' estimates that the leftist party will be the clear winner of the elections.

Greeks were voting Jan. 25 in an early general election crucial for the country's financial future, with the radical left Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras tipped as the favorite to win, although possibly without a large enough majority to form a government.
     

Voting is under way in Greece on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election widely believed to be decisive about the country's economic future.

Greece's snap parliamentary elections on Sunday could bring to power Europe's first radical leftist government, polls have shown.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she wanted Greece to "remain part of our story", ahead of elections this weekend which could sweep the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and determine whether the country stays in the eurozone.
 

Greek leftist leader announces "end to humiliation"

ATHENS -- Leader of the Greek opposition Syriza party Alexis Tsipras has said that "an end to national humiliation" was near.

Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras told thousands of people gathered in Athens that an end to "national humiliation" was near after opinion polls on Jan. 22 showed his Syriza party pulling ahead three days before an election.
   

V., the taverna owner, angrily threw a set of papers that looked official onto the table. One was his electricity bill: 2,888 euros for the past few months. Another was a fine of 623 euros for keeping a kilo of feta cheese without an invoice. The other, around 500 euros, was for keeping a few kilos of other ingredients without an invoice.

Greece's Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras? meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu in December 2014 marks an important beginning in bilateral relations, Syriza?s foreign relations representative has said.