'From today a difficult but beautiful fight begins,' says Kyriakos Mitsotakis following victory for his New Democracy party

Centre-right party sweeps to victory after tumultuous four years of financial crisis

Greece’s new Cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday, two days after conservative party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis won early elections on pledges to make the country more business-friendly, cut taxes and negotiate an easing of draconian budget conditions agreed as part of the country’s rescue programme.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's opposition conservatives returned to power with a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, and Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging more investments and fewer taxes.

Incumbent prime minister Alexis Tsipras, of Syriza, calls rival Kyriakos Mitsotakis to concede defeat

Greeks are at the polls today in the first general elections since the country emerged from international bailouts, with many predicting a conservative return to power ending four years of leftist rule primarily blamed for Greece’s crippling debt.