Greeks vote in snap general election

12:22, 07.07.2019

Greeks are going to the polls to elect a new parliament, with the centre-right opposition mounting a strong challenge to the leftist government.

The New Democracy party of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hoping to end more than four years of rule by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s Syriza party.

Mr Tsipras called snap elections soon after suffering an electoral defeat in May’s European elections.

Polling stations opened at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT).

Source: BBC