Political parties

With Greece gearing up for ballots next month, ruling SYRIZA is trying to expand its electoral catchment by rebranding its image as a "progressive" political force.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has warned the security of the election was in danger, calling on the Superior Election Council (YSK) to be impartial.

This is according to Strategic Marketing's latest survey, carried on April 4-5.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday welcomed a decision by the central committee of Democratic Left (DIMAR) to align with his leftist SYRIZA ahead of local and European elections next month.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Mansur Yavaş won the mayoral seat in Turkish capital Ankara by over 124,000 votes, claimed a party official on April 5, despite an appeal by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) against the results.

The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) has approved the bids filed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union - PLUS (USR-PLUS) 2020 Election Alliance, according to its decisions posted on its website.

Deputy Parliament Speaker Tasia Christodoulopoulou (SYRIZA) has announced that she consents to summoning Anti-Money Laundering Authority Chief Anna Zairi and the head of the Authority's investigation of the DEPA-ELFE (Hellenic Fertilizers and Chemicals) affair, who resigned in the middle of the probe, to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Transparency.

Danail Kirilov is the proposal for a new Minister of Justice. This was announced by GERB leader Boyko Borisov after a meeting with the United Agrarians Pact for signing a political agreement to support them for the European elections.

Both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) are relentlessly claiming victories in Istanbul, Turkey's biggest province, in the local elections, as the country's election watchdog accepted an appeal made by the AKP demanding votes deemed invalid in 15 of Istanbul's districts are recounted after the board said the CHP's candidate had

With the opposition clamouring for a full investigation of the case of Manolis Petsitis, Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas, a schoolmate and friend of Petsitis, is now distancing himself from the erstwhile friend.

Ministers and government cadres have also distanced themselves from Petsitis declaring that the case should be exhaustively probed by the judiciary.