GREEK Election News, May 06, 2012 (1)

Conservative leader front runner in Greek election Chicago Tribune ATHENS (Reuters) - Family history weighs heavily on conservative leader Antonis Samaras as he battles to lead Greece after Sunday's general election. His great-grandmother, Penelope Delta, a celebrated author of patriotic children's books, ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek election day: Jews worry about far-right Jerusalem Post By GIL SHEFLER Head of Jewish community in Athens expresses concern over expected election of neo-Nazi party to parliament. The head of the Jewish community in Athens on Sunday worried two far-right groups might take a seat in Greece's next parliament. See all stories on this topic »

French in Greece want a vote against austerity Reuters * Greeks hope Hollande will bring change in Europe * Both elections held on Sunday * German agenda deeply unpopular By Ingrid Melander ATHENS, May 6 (Reuters) - "Enough is enough. There is too much austerity," 72-year old Maria said as she cast a... See all stories on this topic »

Greek election a democratic SOS CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) -- While the election of a new French President will be making headlines around the world on Sunday night, it may well be that the Greekparliamentary election results -- marginal as they may be, obscure and hardly decipherable ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek elections: 3 parties vy for top post Houston Chronicle Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos of PASOK speaks during a news conference at the Zappeio conference hall in Athens, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The country will hold national elections this Sunday, with opinion polls indicating no party will win ... See all stories on this topic »

Exit polls show Sarkozy has lost in France; Greek voters also turn on leaders Kansas City Star For Greek voters, the issue is the harsh austerity program imposed in return for last year's bailout of the Greek economy by other European nations. More than 46 million voters were expected to turn out for Sunday's presidential election, ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek Election About Austerity, Not the Euro: Former PM CNBC.com With the result of Greek elections just hours away, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said that the result will reflect the pain of austerity, rather than a rejection of Greece's membership in the euro zone. “And we know that changes, ... See all stories on this topic »

Marika Mitsotakis, wife of former Greek PM, dies The Associated Press Their daughter, Dora Bakoyannis, a former mayor of Athens and a former foreign minister, is running in Sunday's election at the head of centrist Democratic Coalition. She quit the New Democracy party in 2010 when it refused to sign off to Greece's ... See all stories on this topic »

Angry Greeks vote in key parliamentary election San Jose Mercury News By DEMETRIS NELLAS and ELENA BECATOROS AP Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos leaves the booth to cast his vote at at a voting center , in Athens, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Greeks cast their ballots on Sunday in their most critical and uncertainelections ... See all stories on this topic »

Greeks Vote in Critical but Uncertain Election ABC News Greeks cast ballots on Sunday in their most critical — and uncertain —election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic straits. The stakes couldn't be higher. See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Greek election critical and uncertain Bismarck Tribune By ELENA BECATOROS AP AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis ATHENS, Greece (AP) --Greeks began voting at precisely 7 am local time (0400 GMT, 12 am EDT) in their most critical - and uncertain - election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek leftist taps into anti-politician anger Chicago Tribune With a pro-euro and anti-austerity message, the 63-year-old's Democratic Left party has tapped into voter anger over the terms of an international bailout to emerge as one of four parties battling for third place when Greeks vote in a general election ... See all stories on this topic »

Three parties fighting for top spot in Greece elections: exit poll Globe and Mail ATHENS, Greece— AP An exit poll commissioned by Greek media shows three parties are vying for the top spot in the country's critical parliamentaryelections, with no definitive front-runner and none gaining enough votes to form a government. See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

France factored in, but Greece vote worries MarketWatch By MarketWatch Investors appear to have factored in a victory by Socialist challenger François Hollande in France's presidential election, but fear a potentially chaotic Greekparliamentary election could trigger renewed market turmoil. See full story. See all stories on this topic »

Elections under way in 6 European nations Austin American-Statesman The election could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over the government's austerity policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool) Leader of the GreekSocialist PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos ... See all stories on this topic » Austin American-Statesman

Greek Elections and the Euro Wall Street Journal (blog) By Matina Stevis As French and Greeks go to the polls to elect new leaders Sunday, more attention is being directed to Paris than to Athens. France is indeed more important in the usual scheme of things. The views of François Hollande, favorite to win... See all stories on this topic »

Germany's FinMin:new Greek govt must respect pledges Reuters Schaeuble issued his carefully veiled warning two days before a Greek election in which radical anti-bailout parties are expected to perform well, raising the risk of the country's eventual exit from the euro zone. "The future government in Greece must ... See all stories on this topic »

Greeks maul pro-bailout parties: exit polls Hartford Courant ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters enraged by economic hardship deserted governing parties in droves in an election on Sunday, according to exit polls that threw doubt on the country's future in the euro zone. Polls by six different pollsters indicated ... See all stories on this topic »

EURO GOVT-Elections, payrolls keep Bunds range-bound Reuters * Cautious trading before elections over the weekend * French vote priced in, analysts more worried about Greece * Investors eye payrolls for insight into US economy By Ana Nicolaci da Costa LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - Elections over the weekend that ... See all stories on this topic »

Austerity-weary Greece faces electoral impasse Boston.com May 04, 2012|Nicholas Paphitis, AP After more than two years of financial crisis, international bailouts, a huge debt writedown and Europe's harshest austerity program,Greek voters have been given a chance to hit back at the parties that got them into ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek election could trap nation in labyrinth of debt and division Sydney Morning Herald GREEKS vote tomorrow in parliamentary elections in the middle of a recession caused by sharp spending cuts and tax increases. Both main parties, the conservative New Democracy and the Socialist Pasok, have been damaged by their agreement to European ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Greek Elections: Vrasidas Karalis YouTube Manny Tsigas discusses the possible outcomes of Greece's national election with Associate Professor Vrasidas Karalis from Sydney University's Department of ModernGreek. Watch World News Australia 6.30pm nightly and 10.30pm Mon-Fri on SBS ONE. See all stories on this topic »

Voting begins in Greek general election The West Australian ATHENS (AFP) - Greece started voting on Sunday in an early generalelection that threatens to turn its decades-old political system on its head and bring the eurozone crisis back with a vengeance. After two years of austerity cuts, polls indicate that ... See all stories on this topic » The West Australian

What's at stake as Europeans hold elections in 6 countries, including France ... Newser Greeks cast ballots on... (Associated Press) Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande and his companion Valerie Trierweiler leave after voting in the second round of the presidential election in Tulle, central France,. See all stories on this topic »

A look at far right parties in Europe, ahead of French and Greek elections Washington Post Leader Marine Le Pen won nearly 18 percent of vote in April's first round of presidentialelections. Eyeing seats in June parliamentary elections. GREECE: Golden Dawn. A neo-Nazi party that is one of Europe's most extreme. See all stories on this topic »

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