Greece Polls

A wildfire raged uncontrolled in a coastal region east of Athens on Monday, causing people to flee their homes and sending huge plumes of smoke over the capital.

Most Greeks are pessimistic and anxious about their country's economic situation in 2016, a poll showed on Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulated Greece's left-wing Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras on his thumping poll victory.

Greek Prime Minister-elect Alexis Tsipras has reaffirmed his dominance on the political landscape, but now faces the challenging task of building consensus in a fractious society traumatised by years of austerity, local media said today.

Greece's maverick leader Alexis Tsipras was on Sunday fighting for a second chance to govern the struggling eurozone nation in a tense election with rival conservatives that is proving too close to call.

Alexis Tsipras wound up his campaign to be re-elected Greek prime minister by declaring his victory would strike a blow for Europe's left, as final polls on Friday gave him a slim lead.

Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.

Greece's Syriza party is on course to win 26 percent of votes in a snap election in September, just one point ahead of the conservative New Democracy party, a poll published by the Pulse for Action 24 television channel said on Tuesday.

Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras urged supporters on Saturday to give him a fresh mandate to complete the country's political transformation, as polls showed his leftist Syriza party's lead slipping ahead of elections next month.

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party in next month's election but without the majority it was hoping for, the first opinion polls since he resigned last week showed on Friday.

Greece's president formally gave the conservative opposition a chance today to form a new government after leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned, but the country appears almost certain to be heading to an election next month.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece's creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.

More than half of Germans are opposed to a planned third bailout for Greece and the vast majority do not believe the Greek government will implement economic reforms, a survey by Forsa for newspaper Handelsblatt showed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership during the Greece crisis has given her conservatives a chance of winning an absolute majority if an election were held next week, an opinion poll today showed.

More than half of Germans think the planned deal with Greece is bad and many would have preferred that the crisis-stricken country left the euro zone rather than getting the chance for further aid, according to an opinion poll.

A wildfire raged uncontrolled in a coastal region east of Athens on Monday, causing people to flee their homes and sending huge plumes of smoke over the capital.

Most Greeks are pessimistic and anxious about their country's economic situation in 2016, a poll showed on Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulated Greece's left-wing Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras on his thumping poll victory.

Greek Prime Minister-elect Alexis Tsipras has reaffirmed his dominance on the political landscape, but now faces the challenging task of building consensus in a fractious society traumatised by years of austerity, local media said today.

Greece's maverick leader Alexis Tsipras was on Sunday fighting for a second chance to govern the struggling eurozone nation in a tense election with rival conservatives that is proving too close to call.

Alexis Tsipras wound up his campaign to be re-elected Greek prime minister by declaring his victory would strike a blow for Europe's left, as final polls on Friday gave him a slim lead.

Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.

Greece's Syriza party is on course to win 26 percent of votes in a snap election in September, just one point ahead of the conservative New Democracy party, a poll published by the Pulse for Action 24 television channel said on Tuesday.

Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras urged supporters on Saturday to give him a fresh mandate to complete the country's political transformation, as polls showed his leftist Syriza party's lead slipping ahead of elections next month.

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party in next month's election but without the majority it was hoping for, the first opinion polls since he resigned last week showed on Friday.

Greece's president formally gave the conservative opposition a chance today to form a new government after leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned, but the country appears almost certain to be heading to an election next month.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece's creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.

More than half of Germans are opposed to a planned third bailout for Greece and the vast majority do not believe the Greek government will implement economic reforms, a survey by Forsa for newspaper Handelsblatt showed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership during the Greece crisis has given her conservatives a chance of winning an absolute majority if an election were held next week, an opinion poll today showed.

More than half of Germans think the planned deal with Greece is bad and many would have preferred that the crisis-stricken country left the euro zone rather than getting the chance for further aid, according to an opinion poll.