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First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politics. It gives the coalition an idea of the size of the task that it has over the next few days. The second
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The possible scenarios for avoiding snap elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsvotes in the second ballot on Tuesday (four of the five absentees from Wednesday’s vote might
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Q3 unemployment falls to 25.5 pct, lowest since 2012, but long-term jobless reach new high
EconomyMacroeconomyof 23.8 percent. The number of ‘long-term’ (more than 1 year) unemployed declined for the second
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Greeks lose faith in coalition but don't trust SYRIZA, polls indicate
PoliticsGreek Politicsposition for a possible second round of elections, as happened in the summer of 2012. It is unlikely
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A little more persuasion, a little less reaction
Agorato the drachma. Moscovici was a little more guarded on his second day in Athens, saying simply
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Coalition to gain more support for president but still short of 180
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government looks certain to build today on the 160 votes it received in the first presidential election but the second ballot is likely to leave much ground to be covered before the final election on December 29. Another five independent MPs (Mika Iatridi, Konstantinos Giovanopoulos, Panayiotis
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Greek trade deficit shrinks by 4.4 pct in October on back of strong exports
EconomyMacroeconomyretained an upward trend for the second straight month, albeit at a decelerating pace. October’s
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Greek PM offers no more incentives for presidential vote, braces for snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the second ballot. The nominee needs to attract 180 votes to be elected on Monday. Instead, Samaras
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agoraunable to form a government and Greeks going to the polls for the second time around a month later
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Leaders draw battle lines as Greece heads to snap polls on Jan 25
PoliticsGreek Politicson the 168 votes it garnered in the second round of voting. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s decision
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