Greek Democracy

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  How To Fix Democracy? Ancient Philosopher Plato May Have An Answer

  The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the "cradle of democracy".

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  "Today India A Great Power, Leading Democracy In Global South": Greek PM

  Praising India over its assertive global role, Grecian Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said New Delhi is a great power on the world stage and an important ally in the pursuit of peace and security.

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  Greek Conservatives Oust PM Alexis Tsipras In Election Landslide

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted defeat Sunday in a general election won handily by the conservative New Democracy party after over four years in opposition, his office said.

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  Greek Conservative Party to Elect New Leader on November 22

  The Greek opposition conservative New Democracy party, runners-up in the last election, on Thursday said they would elect a new leader on November 22.

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  Greek Polls Show Syriza, Conservatives Neck-And-Neck

  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.

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  Greek Leftists Put on Brave Face as Poll Shows Conservatives Pulling Ahead

  Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party said on Thursday it remained confident of winning an outright victory in a Sept. 20 election despite an opinion poll that showed its main conservative rival edging ahead.

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  Alexis Tsipras Asks Greeks For Outright Majority in September Vote

  Greece's ex-prime minister Alexis Tsipras called today for voters in upcoming snap elections to give his radical left Syriza party a "strong mandate" to lead the crisis-hit nation.

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  Poll Lead for Greece's Syriza Narrows as Tsipras Presses for New Mandate

  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.

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  Greece's Syriza to Win Election But Face Setback, Polls Show

  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.

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  Greek Opposition Party Leader to Get Mandate to Form Government Friday

  Greece's main opposition party leader Vangelis Meimarakis will meet the country's president Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday morning to receive a mandate to form a new government, an official from Meimarakis' New Democracy party said.

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  Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders

  The no votes carried virtually every district in the country, handing a sweeping victory to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a leftist who came to power in January vowing to reject new austerity measures.

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  2 Years After Shutdown Greek Public Broadcaster Back on Air

  Greece's public broadcaster ERT came back on the air on Thursday, exactly two years after it was shut down by the previous government, which accused it of being wasteful and mismanaged.

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  Greek Prime Minister Warns of 'Far-Right' Threat in Europe

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday said Europe had to decide between democracy and "extreme right populist forces" spearheaded by France's Front National (FN) party in dealing with the economic crisis.

• Cleaning Ladies First Winners in New Anti-Austerity Greece

  The reinstatement of the cleaning ladies at Greece's Finance Ministry was perhaps the most symbolic measure announced by the new anti-austerity government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday.

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  Greek Leftist Tsipras Sworn in as PM to Fight Bailout Terms

  For the first time in more than 40 years, neither the New Democracy party nor the centre-left PASOK, the two forces that had dominated Greek politics since the fall of a military junta in 1974, will be in power, beaten by a party that has until recently always been at the fringe.