Welcome to Kathimerini English Edition's live blog for the Sunday, June 17, general elections in Greece. We will be updating you with news and opinion throughout the week on what promises to be a crucial moment in the country's modern history.

00.00 If anything, soccer has provided Greeks with a happy distraction just when they needed it most. Could this victory over Russia have any impact on the elections on Sunday, with a temporary feel-good factor playing its part?

21.13 One day after a controversial article by Financial Times Deutschland, another German daily, Bild, issued a warning to Greek voters saying that "if the parties that intend to stop austerity and reforms win the elections, thereby violating all agreements, we will stop paying." The title of this open letter to Greek voters is "Dear Greeks, do not make any mistakes now."

20.28 Exit polls will point to the direction of the final result at 7 p.m. on Sunday evening, as soon as polls close, but it will not be before 9.30 p.m. when Singular Logic, the information technology company the Interior Ministry has commissioned, issues a secure forecast for the final result, that a clear picture will emerge.

15.25 With election activity pausing for the day, Greeks will be turning their attention on Saturday evening to the national soccer team that plays a do-or-die match against Russia at the European Championship in Poland. Kick-off is at 9.45 p.m. and Greece needs victory by any score to advance to the quarterfinals.

14.52 Caretaker Prime Minister Panayiotis Pikrammenos will cast his vote on Sunday at 11.30 a.m. at the 1st Lyceum of Kifissia.

13.58 Kathimerini English Edition's George Georgakopoulos records the decline of traditional election rallies after attending those by New Democracy and the Communist Party (KKE) on Friday evening in central Athens.

12.50 Voting on Sunday begins at 7 a.m. and lasts until 7 p.m. This time voters will not need to choose their preferred candidates, as deputies will be elected based on each party's list.

12.15 Despite the ban on all political activity for the day, Communist Party (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga made a public appearance at Zografou, eastern Athens, and spoke to women in the area in the morning.

10.40 Saturday promises to be a much more quiet day as the law prohibits any election campaign on the eve of polls, so politicians can have some much-needed rest.