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Program announcements, candidate lists and the exploratory mandates, which will commence on the evening of the May 21 elections, will be the focus in the coming days of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leaders of opposition SYRIZA and PASOK, Alexis Tsipras and Nikos Androulakis.   

The shadow of the loose or protest vote is hovering over ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA as surveys show that a large chunk of the electorate remains undecided or plans to abstain or cast a blank or invalid ballot in the May 21 national election. Indicatively, the latest Pulse poll for Skai TV showed this percentage approaching 16.5%.

With elections looming, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras are seeking to rally their traditional voters and hunt for the undecided ones who will largely shape the final correlations in the first ballot of simple proportional representation.

The political dispute between the government and the official opposition is shaping up as a clash between action and identity, between management and accusations, between reality and fairy tales. Common to both sides are their cynicism and the hyperbole with which they attack each other.

As stated in the announcement, the exercise entitled "Steadfast Noon" will take place on the territory of Belgium, Great Britain and the North Sea, and should last until October 30th. 60 aircraft from 14 NATO countries will participate in the exercise, and for this purpose the United States of America will also send its B-52H strategic bombers.

A new survey conducted by the Pulse polling company for SKAI television and radio indicates that citizens are concerned by Greek-Turkish tensions, that they are greatly pressured by the high inflation rate in the prices of electricity, foodstuffs, and fuel, and that they are nearly evenly split about whether the PM should call early elections or serve out his term and hold then in spring, 2023.

The MRB trends survey, released on Thursday morning gives the government a lead in voters' intentions.

At our news organisation's Oikonomikos Tachydromos forum (photo), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made clear - in this unstable wartime and absolutely transitional period for the entire world - his political intentions and the terms under which he intends the next general election to be held.

The mayor of Sparta and former minister of ND, Petros Doukas, gave his own answer after the reactions to his unacceptable statements about the fires in Ilia in 2007.

A new Metron Analysis poll shows ND retains a, over 10 percentage point lead over SYRIZA, even as the Movement for Change (KINAL)-PASOK skyrocketed to 18.5 percent from 8.1 percent.

The results clearly show the emergence of a third political pole, KINAL-PASOK, according to the survey presented by MEGA television.