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The Greek economy is roaring back, but voters are counting the cost

From the building of a new metro line to buzzing cafes and tavernas and tourists milling around the squares where rioters once clashed with police, Greece’s return from the depths of its economic crisis is impossible to miss in Athens.

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Focus on coalition horse-trading as Greek election looks unlikely to deliver a strong winner

Sunday’s Greek parliamentary election looks likely to be a dress rehearsal for a new round of voting in the busy summer tourist season

The Independent UK

The Greek economy is changing – but not fast enough

Greece is trying to encourage entrepreneurs to invest. But days before polls, businesses say state stands in the way.

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Greeks head to polls, no party seen winning clear majority

Greece heads for what is likely to be an inconclusive parliamentary election on Sunday, paving the way for wrangling between parties to forge a ruling coalition in a deeply divided political landscape.

Reuters

Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election

Greeks will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will have more control over the country’s economy for the first time in over a decade

The Independent UK

As Greek elections loom, parties vie for votes of 'lost generation'

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Burundi-born ex-police officer seeks to be Greece's first Black lawmaker

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Greece’s conservatives campaign on ‘firm but fair’ refugee policy

Backed by the European Union, the Greek government has toughened its border management and moved refugees out of sight.

Al Jazeera

Past austerity haunts Greek election as voters struggle with living costs

Fourteen years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crash out of the euro, single parent Niki Klaoudatou says she worries more about money now than she did during the worst years of the country's economic meltdown.

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Factbox-Policies of main parties in Greece's May 21 election

Greece will hold a national election on May 21, as a cost-of living crisis takes its toll on households. The ruling conservative New Democracy party is so far leading left-wing Syriza in opinion polls.

Reuters

Barred from polls, a Greek neo-Nazi seeks way back to politics

Ex-Golden Dawn member Ilias Kasidiaris launches a party before the May 21 vote, but the Supreme Court disqualifies it.

Al Jazeera

Greece prepares for elections that may herald a new political era

PM Mitsotakis will fight to keep leading the country, which is reeling from a rail crash and worries about the economy.

Al Jazeera

Campaign for Greek election begins with dissolved parliament

The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the dissolution of the parliament that was elected in July 2019

The Independent UK

‘It’s worrying’: Greek election ban on extremist party may be too little, too late

Crackdown on Hellenes and its Golden Dawn leader Ilias Kasidiaris could cause more problems than it solves

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EXPLAINER: Greece gears for election on May 21, how the system works

ATHENS Reuters) - Greece will hold a parliamentary election in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, with the country gearing up for a vote which is unlikely to produce an outright winner immediately .

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Greek parties bleed votes between a train disaster and election

Dozens were killed when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Greece’s worst-ever train accident.

The Independent UK

Greek government survives no-confidence vote over wiretaps

Greece’s government has survived, as expected, a no-confidence vote following a motion by the country’s opposition leader over a wiretapping scandal that has stung the center-right governing party in the run-up to elections

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Greek government faces no confidence vote over wiretaps

The leader of Greece’s main opposition party has filed a no confidence motion in the government over a wiretapping scandal that has stung the center-right ruling party ahead of elections this year

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The Guardian - UK

Greece to launch parliamentary inquiry into spy scandal

Move follows revelations that opposition leader was placed under surveillance while serving as MEP

The Guardian - UK

Greek PM under pressure over tapping of opponent’s phone

Government accused of ‘darkest practices’ in eavesdropping scandal that evokes worst days of country’s military rule

The Independent UK

Greek lawmaker, ex-minister Marietta Giannakou dies at 70

Marietta Giannakou, a former Greek education minister and a veteran lawmaker with the country's ruling conservative New Democracy party has died 70

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