Potami party

The announcement on Tuesday by Stavros Theodorakis that he will be stepping down from the leadership of the centrist Potami party essentially marks the end of a political grouping that came into being during the crisis but did not apply the same tactics as the other protest parties.

A survey ordered by the European Parliament on the strength of parties in all EU member-states in the run-up to May's European Parliament election shows that New Democracy maintains an 11.3 percentage point lead over ruling SYRIZA.

Given some of the outstanding people it boasted among its ranks, both experienced politicians and outsiders who had already succeeded in other fields, the Potami party could have evolved into a robust and influential player on the local political stage.

Greece's centrist To Potami party on Thursday urged the coalition government to clarify its position on the name dispute with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

"We are expecting to see the position of the government, not only of SYRIZA. There is no room for petty political games," Potami said in a statement.

Giorgos Kaminis and Stavros Theodorakis saw their political ambitions go up in smoke on Sunday night following the first round of the vote to elect a new leader for a party that still has no name, no manifesto, no clear ideology, and no concrete strategy about who it will follow and who it will leave behind.

The winner of the 35th Authentic 42km Marathon was Kenyan runner of Kenya Samuel Kalalei – Second and third places went to his compatriots Lucas Rotich and Mark Kosgey Kiptoo, while Kostas Geleauzos was the first Greek to finish.

The authority responsible for overseeing next Sunday's elections for the chief of a new center-left party said on Monday that certain candidates have been distributing pre-marked ballots.

Speaking before the Greek parliament, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said there would no offset agreement for the deal of the F-16 fighter jet upgrading by the US, with the exception of

The totality of the bill on gender reassignment is in doubt after the government refused to withdraw the provision that allows the sex change for teenagers at 15, a clause included in article 3 that also covers sex change for adults.

Stavros Theodorakis, leader of the centrist To Potami party, has suggested that he will run for the leadership of Democratic Alignment in elections scheduled for October.