Greece will send a strong message of change at the elections next Sunday, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said in a speech in Bologna, before singing "Bella Ciao" along with the crowd.

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has urged all of his citizens to participate in the upcoming European elections, scheduled for May 25th.

The New Democracy European parliamentary candidates list contains mostly party members and a few former Euro-parliamentarians, but it too carries the occasional celebrity. The list was announced today by the PM, uncharacteristically in show bizz tones at a central Athens hotel.