PASOK party

Last year, the center-left PASOK party had reacted strongly when, after a year and a half of investigations, the case file on the wiretapping scandal was removed from the first instance prosecutors and given to the Supreme Court's deputy prosecutor, Achilleas Zisis.

A poll released Thursday shows significant gains for the opposition PASOK party, which now stands at 19.8%, narrowing the gap with the ruling New Democracy (ND) party, currently at 29.1%.

Following the recent elections, the socialist PASOK party is grappling with internal tensions after leader Nikos Androulakis announced new appointments within the party.

The socialist PASOK party on Monday announced a nine-member coordinating committee to join recently re-elected party leader Nikos Androulakis in key posts. 

The committee line-up includes Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, who was defeated in the runoff eight days ago, as well as Pavlos Yeroulanos, placed third in the first round, and long-serving party member Anna Diamantopoulou. 

Vasso Papandreou, one of the founding members of the socialist PASOK party, and a former European commissioner, minister and MP, has died. She was 79 years old.

According to reports, she had been struggling with health issues in recent months.

Nikos Androulakis has won the runoff for the leadership of the socialist PASOK party, with nearly 60% of the vote.

Androulakis' rival, Athens mayor Haris Doukas, called to congratulate him before the results were finalized Sunday night.

According to the final results, Androul;akis got 125,820 votes, or 59.92% of the valid ballots. Doukas got 84,149 (40.08%).

In the high-stakes race for leadership of the socialist PASOK party, incumbent Nikos Androulakis and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas are gearing up for a decisive second round of voting this Sunday.

PASOK party leader Nikos Androulakis expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of internal party elections during an interview with Mega TV on Monday, emphasizing that he is open to holding a debate with his opponent in the second round, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas. 

Androulakis and Doukas will compete for the leadership of the socialist PASOK party next Sunday.

The leadership race in the socialist PASOK party and its implications for the center-left will dominate this week's political agenda as the party heads into a runoff election next Sunday.

Current leader Nikos Androulakis and Athens mayor Haris Doukas will compete for the leadership of the socialist PASOK party next Sunday.

In a close first round contest Sunday, Androulakis came out on top with 29.64% of the votes, with Doukas edging MP and former minister Pavlos Yeroulanos, 21.41% to 21.12%, for second place.