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Tributes paid after former Greek PM Costas Simitis dies aged 88

Four days of mourning declared for death of Pasok party co-founder, the architect of country’s entry into euro

The Guardian - UK

Greece's left-wing Syriza loses its status as the main opposition party as infighting intensifies

Greece’s left-wing Syriza party has lost its status as the main opposition in parliament

The Independent UK

Greece’s Syriza could lose status as main opposition as Kasselakis launches new party

Expected departure of at least five deputies means party set to be replaced as main opposition

The Guardian - AU

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Greek Govt Faces Censure Motion Over Train Tragedy

Greece's conservative government faces a censure motion in parliament on Thursday over claims it had sought to manipulate an ongoing investigation into the nation's worst train tragedy.

International Business Times

Greece's ruling conservatives suffer setbacks in regional, municipal elections

Greece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests

The Independent UK

Politicians believe voters to be more conservative than they really are

In Germany, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won a district council election for the first time on Monday. Robert Sesselmann’s victory as district administrator – the equivalent of a mayor – in the Eastern town of Sonneberg comes only a day after Greece’s conservatives clinched an outright majority in…

The Conversation

Greek conservatives clear an ‘open road’ to political supremacy

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party routed left-wing Syriza in election and is expected to do it again in a repeat vote.

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Greek PM seeks new poll in push for absolute majority after election win

Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will not try to form coalition after his party fell five seats short of majority

The Guardian - UK

Centre-left politics has been dealt a crushing blow in Greece. What can we learn from it?

The Syriza party did worse than most thought possible, says Marina Prentoulis, a politics professor at the University of East Anglia

The Guardian - UK

Greece’s Mitsotakis seeks second vote after election win

Despite winning Sunday’s vote, the governing New Democracy party fell short of winning an absolute majority.

Al Jazeera

Greek PM calls for new elections after winning broad but inconclusive victory

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for new elections "possibly on June 25", a day after his conservative New Democracy party fell short of winning an absolute majority.

Radio France Internationale

Greece's ruling center-right party wins elections but still seeks a majority

Greece's center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected Monday to seek a second national election within weeks, as he lacks the majority in Parliament to govern alone.

WEKU

Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

Despite inflicting the most crushing defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece’s center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to seek a second election within weeks, as he lacks the majority in Parliament to govern alone

The Independent UK

Greece’s conservative party wins big in national election

The ruling New Democracy party secures commanding victory, but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hints at new poll.

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The Guardian - UK

Greek centre-right party falls short of majority in general election

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party on 40% share against Syriza on 20

The Independent UK

Polls open in Greece's first election since international bailout spending controls ended

Polls have opened in Greece’s parliamentary election, the first since the country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who had provided bailout funds during its nearly decade-long financial crisis

The Independent UK

Focus on coalition horse-trading as Greek election looks unlikely to deliver a strong winner

Sunday’s Greek parliamentary election looks likely to be a dress rehearsal for a new round of voting in the busy summer tourist season

Reuters

Greeks head to polls, no party seen winning clear majority

Greece heads for what is likely to be an inconclusive parliamentary election on Sunday, paving the way for wrangling between parties to forge a ruling coalition in a deeply divided political landscape.

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The Independent UK

Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election

Greeks will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will have more control over the country’s economy for the first time in over a decade

The Guardian - UK

‘Our vote counts’: Greek politicians court teenagers in tight election race

Voters as young as 16 will play a pivotal role as country goes to the polls on Sunday

The Independent UK

Campaign for Greek election begins with dissolved parliament

The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the dissolution of the parliament that was elected in July 2019

The Guardian - UK

Greek PM survives confidence vote but phone-tapping scandal rumbles on

Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras describes Kyriakos Mitsotakis as mastermind of ‘a criminal network’

The Guardian - UK

Greek government faces confidence vote over spying row

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused of orchestrating mass wiretaps of political allies and foes

Reuters

European lawmaker Eva Kaili's stellar rise hit by Qatar probe

Eva Kaili's career charted a meteoric rise from student activism in Greece to the highest echelons of European lawmaking but now faces an equally precipitous fall after her arrest in a corruption probe involving World Cup host Qatar.

Reuters

Greek parliament approves spy operations reforms

Greece's parliament on Friday passed a bill reforming the country's intelligence service (EYP) and banning the sale of spyware as the government tries to mitigate the impact of a phone tapping scandal still under investigation.

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