George Papandreou

PASOK?s political council decided on Friday that the Socialists would hold a party congress on May 15, with a leadership contest to follow.

Current PASOK president Evangelos Venizelos has said he will not seek re-election as party leader. The only dissenting voice on Friday was Fofi Gennimata.

Former Prime Minister George Papandreou threatened legal action on Tuesday against anyone reproducing an extract from a soon-to-be published book by Herve Falciani, the former HSBC employee who leaked the details of thousands of depositors to authorities, including the Greeks included on the so-called Lagarde list.

Lebanese Morgan Stanley banker Bernard Mourad is writing a play script focused on the time when George Papandreou was the socialist PASOK prime minister of Greece. According to newspaper Liberation, Mourad has the script ready and is collaborating with Mag & News Co to get it published.

It has been a week since last Sunday's electoral victory of the leftist Syriza in Greece. Yet the international media, including Turkey, are still trying to assess and analyze the policies and strategies of the new government. Greece's economic problems are naturally at the center of everybody's concern. 

Leftist SYRIZA party is to win 149 out of 300 seats in Greece's Parliament following early elections held Sunday, two seats short of a majority, according to official results cited by Greek news websites.

The figures show a total of seven parties have made it into Parliament, though this has to be confirmed by the electoral commission of Greece.

Greeks are casting their ballots for a new parliament amid substantial voter activity, international media outlets report.

Voting is under way in Greece on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election widely believed to be decisive about the country's economic future.

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to deliver a national address at 4 p.m. ahead of Sunday's election, the government said in a statement.

In the final days of election campaigning, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his campaign team are to redouble efforts to boost languishing morale among conservative supporters while also trying to win round undecided voters.

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A new opinion poll showed opposition SYRIZA leading conservative New Democracy by 4 percent. The survey was carried out by Pulse on behalf of Action24 website.