Evangelos Venizelos
SYRIZA win in EU vote not a cause for snap elections, says Samaras
With almost all the votes counted in the European Parliament elections, SYRIZA has a 3.8 percentage point lead over New Democracy but Prime Minister Antonis Samaras insists this is not enough to trigger early general elections.
Venizelos says both election results must be considered
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said on Thursday that the results of the European Parliament elections on Sunday would have to be balanced against the outcome of the local polls that take place on the same day.
Venizelos under fire for attacking protesting PSI victims
The right-wing, anti-bailout Independent Greeks party has attacked socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos following his angry reaction Wednesday to a demonstration by a small group of bond-holders during a European election campaign speech in Athens.
Gov’t suggests SYRIZA seeking to draw votes from Golden Dawn supporters
People wait at a bus stop beneath a campaign poster for New Democracy in central Athens on Wednesday.
With just a few days left before the crucial double elections on Sunday, party leaders intensified their campaigning on Wednesday with their position on the threat posed by neofacist Golden Dawn a key focus of much of the rhetoric.
Venizelos says SYRIZA strategy failed in local elections
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos claimed late on Sunday that SYRIZAs strategy of trying to turn local and European Parliament elections into a referendum on the government failed on Sunday.
Greek rescue team to arrive in Serbia on Monday
BELGRADE - Greek Ambassador to Serbia Constantine Economides has said that a rescue team from Greece will arrive in Serbia on Monday to provide assistance in areas hit by floods.
"Special 8 man rescue team from Thessaloniki arriving tomorrow to help Serbian friends in flooded areas," he posted via twitter.com.
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PM confident about coalition's future as Greeks vote in first round of local elections
People walk in front of European Parliament election posters of the Greek leftist SYRIZA party in Athens on Friday. Up to 350 million Europeans are eligible to vote in elections to the European Parliament taking place on May 22-25 in all 28 EU member states.
Juncker says rival for EC spot Tsipras not fit to lead Greece
Jean-Claude Juncker, the center-right candidate for European Commission president and former Eurogroup chairman declared on Friday that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, his leftist rival for the top EC post, would not make a good Greek Prime Minister as he would not cooperate effectively with the commission.
PM accuses SYRIZA of undermining Greece, as Venizelos eyes wider coalition
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras addresses a pre-election event held by New Democracy's candidate for Attica governor, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, in central Athens on Wednesday night.
Venizelos raises doubts about whether coalition will survive elections
A demonstrator takes part in a protest by Greek schoolteachers outside the Greek Parliament in central Athens, on Wednesday. About a thousand people took part in the peaceful protest, demanding that the Greek government revokes its decision to cut thousands of public sector jobs under the financially troubled country's bailout commitments.