Nikos Androulakis

“What occurred may have been in line with the letter of the law. I was not apprised [of the action] and obviously I would never have permitted it!” the PM declared.

The hacking of a party leader's phone concerns all Greek citizens, who demand private data protection, and may have been the target of similar violations.

Historic and well-known cadres are passing the torch to new ones, who will help the PASOK succeed in the future, after a dark decade of floundering for the historic party.

In his interviews and public appearances, main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras declares the need to 'separate the state from the party' and talks about 'meritocratic institutions'.

It would be wrong if, due to its rise in the polls, PASOK forgets the difficulty of the task that it has undertaken. The party must prove that it can stand firmly in the centre of the political spectrum.

With the new leader that will be elected tomorrow, KINAL-PASOK should begin, united and strong, the campaign for the renewal and rebirth of the great democratic party.

Voters yesterday in the KINAL leadership election did not simply send a signal to their next leader. They sent a signal in all directions regarding the functioning of democracy.

The survey shows that that the party’s parliamentary representative, Andreas Loverdos, has a 3.6 percentage point lead over George Papandreou in the general pool of respondents.

A broad majority in a plenary session of the European Parliament approved a resolution to support the fire-ravaged area of Mati, Attica, with EU funding.