Greece polls in May under shadow of rail disaster

GREECE’S elections will be held in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced yesterday, three weeks after the country’s deadliest rail disaster sparked protests and piled pressure on his conservative government. 

Mitsotakis’ term officially ends in July, ahead of which a second ballot may be needed if the first vote fails to produce a majority or a multi-party coalition.