A minority dragged Greece to elections that a majority did not want, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Wednesday in Chalkida, on the island of Evia, speaking of main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party, which he also accused of fooling other parties it collaborated with.

Following a search in two hideouts used by fugitive terrorist Christodoulos Xiros, the police discovered an arsenal of guns, explosives and bomb-making materials.

Their decision to resign from PASOK and join the Democratic Socialist Movement of George Papandreou announced 71 party members in Thessaloniki through a joint statement.