What I learned when I opened the ballot box
20/05/2014
΄In a ground-floor classroom of the elementary school in the suburb of Vari on the south coast of Athens, exactly 303 Greek citizens turned up to vote in the local…
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Press Review May 20: Amid confusion one clear election result – ΄No΄ to water privatization
20/05/2014
Thessaloniki gives a resounding ‘no’ in referendum over water privatization; parties analyze the results of Sunday’s elections and attempt to adapt their strategies; anti Skouries goldmine campaigners celebrate the defeat…
German MPs implicated in Greek arms contract bribes
19/05/2014
Two former German MPs with the SPD party received payments in excess of 5 million euros from the company Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann according to an article in Sueddeutsche Zeitung. According to the…
Wins and losses for both ND & SYRIZA in first electoral test – all bets still on for upcoming EU election
19/05/2014
In Sunday’s municipal and regional elections both leading political forces failed in their ambition to dominate the Greek electoral map. Here are seven clear political messages emanating from the ballot…
Press Review May 19: Round One
19/05/2014
Both New Democracy and SYRIZA loudly claim victory and quietly lick their wounds. Success for the opposition party in Attica in regional and mayoral elections. New Democracy suffers defeat in…
Greek local elections round up
19/05/2014
» Opposition party SYRIZA wins in biggest constituency of Greece while governing New Democracy leads in most of the country΄s regions. »New Democracy will be out of the second round…
Greeks caught voting
18/05/2014
Six million Greeks voted to choose among 40,000 candidates in municipal and regional elections across the country. Photo-reportage of the voting process in Athens and Thessaloniki. Credits: FOSPHOTOS.
Follow the Greek local elections with ThePressProject International
18/05/2014
Nearly ten million Greeks, including more than 100,000 first-time voters, are eligible to vote today to elect their representatives in the country’s local elections in a foretaste one week ahead…
No support for cash-strapped men’s water polo team
16/05/2014
The players of the men’s national water polo team have stated that due to a complete lack of financial support they are unable to take part in the team’s preparations…
Alexis Tsipras plays central role in debate dominated by discussions about European austerity
16/05/2014
While Alexis Tsipras is considered a radical outsider by most of the mainstream European press with little hope of winning the presidency of the European Commission, he nevertheless succeeded in…