A legislative election was held on Sunday 6 May 2012 in Greece, to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament. Under the constitution, it was due to be held in late 2013, four years after the previous election; however, an early election was agreed under the November 201... Explore this topic

New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. Its leader, Antonis Samaras, is the Prime Minister of Greece. The party was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic... Explore this topic

Antonis Samaras is a Greek economist and politician who has been Prime Minister of Greece since 20 June 2012. He has been leader of New Democracy, Greece's major conservative party, since 2009. Previously, Samaras served as Minister of Finance in 1989, then as Minister of Fore... Explore this topic

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. According to the 2011 census, Greece's population is around 11 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, its urban area also including Piraeus. Greece is strategically located at the cr... Explore this topic

The Greek government-debt crisis is one of a number of current European sovereign-debt crises and is believed to have been caused by a combination of structural weaknesses of the Greek economy coupled with the incomplete economic, tax and banking unification of the European Mo... Explore this topic

The Coalition of the Radical Left - Unitary Social Front, known mostly by its acronym SYRIZA, is a left-wing political party in Greece, originally founded as a coalition of left-wing and radical left parties. The coalition comprises a broad array of groups and independent poli... Explore this topic

Alexis Tsipras is a Greek left-wing politician, member of the Hellenic parliament, president of the Synaspismos political party since 2008, head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group since 2009 and Leader of the Opposition since June 2012. Explore this topic

The eurozone, officially called the euro area, is an economic and monetary union of 17 European Union member states that have adopted the euro as their common currency and sole legal tender. The eurozone currently consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France,... Explore this topic

The Politics of Greece takes place in a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Hellenic Parliament. Between the re... Explore this topic

The economy of Greece is the 32nd or 37th largest in the world at $312 or $309 billion by nominal gross domestic product or purchasing power parity respectively, according to World Bank statistics for the fiscal year 2009–2010. Additionally, Greece is the 15th largest economy ... Explore this topic