Greek political parties reached an initial agreement to support the government’s draft bill on the right of Greeks living abroad to vote in elections, following three meetings of the interparty committee. The…
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The new Cabinet of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis which was announced on Monday evening, has been sworn in today at the Presidential Palace. The swearing in was immediately followed by the respective…
Whilst Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy won a decisive victory in the country’s national election after securing 153 seats in Parliament, the most obvious loser was the controversial far-right Golden Dawn…
Greece’s new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis thanked the voters for their generosity in giving him a strong mandate with a majority government, noting that “The sovereign Greek people have spoken. ND’s victory…
Interior Minister Antonis Roupakiotis announced on Sunday evening that there will be a repeat election at a particular polling station on July 14, following the theft and destruction of a ballot box.…
Greek citizens have voted in Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the New Democracy Party in today’s general elections. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has called Mitsotakis to congratulate him on his party’s victory. The official…
Greece has officially gone to the polls, with a total of 21,748 polling stations open today from 7am to 7pm. Greek citizens have begun voting in Sunday’s general elections for their next government,…
Representatives of Greek communities abroad have written a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, condemning their lack of voting rights in the upcoming elections. In the joint letter, the Greek communities of Brussels,…
Greece’s main opposition, New Democracy (ND) party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a “loud and powerful message across the country,” during his speech at his main pre-electoral rally at Thission, in Athens, on…
After a disastrous result in the recent EU Parliamentary election for his newly formed party, Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former controversial Finance Minister made a plea for votes in an ANA interview published…
Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy are expected to have an easy win over Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Syriza party in next week’s election. The country is heading for early…
The Municipality of Thessaloniki will not give far-right party Golden Dawn any public space for pre-election campaigning, as voters across Greece head to the polls for national elections on July 7. Thessaloniki’s…
Deputy Foreign Minister Terens Quick has accepted candidacy as SYRIZA deputy ahead of the upcoming elections, justifying his decision in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio ‘Praktoreio FM’. “My duty to…
New Democracy candidates have won a historical 12 out of 13 of Greece’s regions and captured the majority of Greece’s cities, confirming their lead last week in the first round as well…
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called on main Opposition Party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to live tv debates ahead of the national elections, with Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Minister Nikos Pappas…
Following the announcement by Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call snap elections, many voices in Europe are rushing to caution over the Prespes Agreement, starting with Germany’s Deputy Foreign Minister on…
Following SYRIZA’s disappointing results from the Euro-parliamentary and regional elections, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his intention to meet with President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and ask for the dissolution of parliament and…
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Friday that the European Parliament election this Sunday was also a vote of confidence in his policies, while a minister close to Tsipras said an…
Experts from the Greek government’s Interior and Foreign Affairs Ministries presented on Monday a final proposal to Interior Minister Alexis Charitsis, which will allow Greeks living abroad to vote in Greek elections.…
Greece’s main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the elections of May 26 will pit the truth against lies, progress against stagnation and modernisation against backwardness. The New Democracy leader spoke at an…