Greece: Left wing in crisis in run-up to election msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Greece: Left wing in crisis in run-up to election msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After the main opposition SYRIZA party won only 20.07 per cent of the votes on Sunday, its leader has called for radical changes ahead of the second round, likely due on June 25.
Athens, May 21 (EFE).- Polling stations opened in Greece at 7 am on Sunday for the country’s general elections. Nearly 10 million citizens are eligible to cast their votes at 21,500 booths across the country until 7 pm to elect a new parliament and government. According to the polls, only five of the 35 parties …
(Update 3: Includes additional vote count info, statements) Athens, May 21 (EFE).- The prime minister of Greece and leader of the conservative New Democracy party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, handily won a plurality in Sunday’s legislative elections, besting his main rival, Alexis Tsipras of the leftist Syriza party by more than 20 percentage points, according to preliminary …