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Mitsotakis beat Syriza in May, but called new elections in a bid to win a majority.

He beat Syriza in May, but called new elections in a bid to win a majority.

Greece holds its second election in a month and Prime Minister Mitsotakis is hoping for a convincing win.

He beat center-left rival Syriza in May, but called new elections in a bid to win enough seats to govern alone. His New Democracy party polled 40.4%, 20 points ahead of Syriza, with three-quarters of the vote counted.

A slew of enemies confronts the working class in the upcoming elections. There is no political alternative representing the interests of workers, setting up the widely hated ND for another four years in office.

Greek authorities on Thursday rescued 145 migrants stranded on an island in the Evros River marking the border with Turkey, a common route for people fleeing war and poverty to reach Europe.

Greek authorities say they have rescued 145

Greek authorities announced they rescued 145 Syrian and Kurdish migrants who were left on a small island in a river near Turkey's border Thursday.

The European Union has finally reached a compromise on asylum policy, with the main goal that of cutting the number of refugees who make it to the Continent. Can it work? And what has become of the right to asylum?

ROME — Wednesday's deadly shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing offers of help, is just the latest case of smugglers packing ...