Greece

The 9 candidates for the leadership of the new center-left party, appeared in a televised debate on state TV, five days before the first round of elections.

Two gunmen opened fire outside the headquarters Greece's socialist Pasok party in central Athens - just an hour before a televised debate.

In a televised debate, former prime minister Alexis Tsipras said the international bailout he had agreed to in July had stabilized Greece, while his conservative rival Evangelos Meimarakis said it had damaged the economy.