Politics

New Democracy leader and aspiring next prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced the creation of a Family Ministry once he win the upcoming elections and manages to form a single party government. His plan was met with outrage by parts of the Greek society. Speaking to Skai TV on …

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The detailed list of 12 entities that were rejected by the Supreme Court from running in the June 25 elections and 32 that will run was released later on Thursday. The parties and individuals that were rejected are as follows: 1. Green Movement 2. Democratic Movement of National Liberation (DIKEA) …

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New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis kicked out of the elections candidates ballots, medicine professor and former MP Spyros Pnevmatikos, on Friday noon after the outrage over the doctor’s controversial statements about “triage” on terminally ill cancer patients continued as strong as the day before – and despite Pneymatikos statement that …

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The EU Council of Interior Ministers that met on Thursday in Luxembourg came to an agreement on key asylum and migration laws. After a long and difficult negotiation, the Swedish EU presidency announced: “The Council today took a decisive step towards a modernization of the EU’s rulebook for asylum and …

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New Democracy candidate and Medical professor Spyros Pneumatikos considers  terminal cancer patients as a big financial burden for the national health care system and proposed a “triage”, that is sorting out cancer patients in the logic of “cost-benefit ratio.” who are fighting tooth and nail for their lives as a …

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New Democracy leader and former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been infected with Covid-19 and cancelled a visit to the monks Republic on Mt Athos. It is the second time, Mitsotakis is infected with Covid-19. The first time it was in March 2022 when he was test-positive after a meeting …

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Two cargo vessels collided 9 nautical miles North-North-West of the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon. While the Turkish vessel is taking water, its captain has refused aid by the Greek Coast Guard. The vessels with flags of Vanuatu -ANT- and Singapore – POTENTIA- have …

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Former chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), retired General Michalis Kostarakos, passed away at the age of 67. After a prolonged battle with health issues, he passed away on Friday afternoon at the 424 Military Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Kostarakos held the position of GEETHA chief …

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The last of four signatures by leading US Congressmen in foreign relations committees at the Senate and House of Representatives opened the way on Thursday towards the proposed sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Greece. According to procedure, the US State Department approached the relevant foreign relations committees to …

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The plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels voted earlier on Thursday in favor of lifting the immunity two Greek MEPs: Alexis Georgoulis from SYRIZA and Maria Spyraki from New Democracy. Georgoulis has been facing charges for alleged sexual abuse, while Spyraki is under investigation for alleged Georgoulis, an …

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Veteran but also controversial politician, a former Foreign Minister and a historic member of socialist PASOK, Theodoros Pangalos passed away at the age of 84. His death was announced by his family in a post on social media. Theodoros Pangalos was born in Eleusis, western Attica and he was the …

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A Presidential Decree that dissolves the parliament of May 21 and officially calls for repeat general elections on June 25 was issued late afternoon on Monday. The decree, co-signed by caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas, was posted on the parliament’s announcements board by the Parliament Guard. It also sets the …

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Former executives of the pharmaceutical company Novartis were on Monday acquitted of the charges of bribing politicians and doctors through a Misdemeanors Court Justices’ Council order. The order officially put an end to the so-called “Novartis scandal”, more than seven years after the judicial investigation began, noted state-run news agency …

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cemented his place in Turkish politics as the longest-serving leader with a runoff victory on Sunday against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu As millions held their breath in the first runoff he faced, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left his mark in the history of the Republic of Türkiye with another …

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MP for one day: 300 deputies elected to Parliament in the May 21 general elections were sworn in on Sunday, in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Their term will be extremely short, however, as the present Parliament will be dissolved by presidential decree on Monday, …

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Eva Kaili is is free to return to her duties in the European Parliament and to exercise her rights as an MEP, her lawyers announced in a statement on Friday. The lawyers statement came a day after Belgian prosecuting authorities remove the electronic bracelet from Eva Kaili who has been …

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Prosecuting authorities in Brussels on Thursday confirmed the decision to remove the electronic bracelet monitoring arrested MEP and former European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili. Belgian authorities said further that Kaili will be subject to restrictions that are not yet known. After having spent four months in Brussels prison due …

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Greeks abroad will have the opportunity to vote one day before the June 25 general elections, as was the case in the May 21 elections. Approximately 7,000 additional voters will be able to vote abroad in the repeat elections, in addition to the 22,857 voters registered in the special electoral …

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Ιoannis Sarmas, the president of the Court of Audit, has been appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister to form a government that will lead the country to a second round of general elections on June 25, after last weekend’s inconclusive vote and unwillingness of the political parties to form a …

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The United States’ defense cooperation with Greece is at a historically high level and makes the wider region safer, the State Department noted regarding the imminent sale of F-35 fighter jets to Greece. During the regular briefing, the spokesperson for the US State Department reiterated the long-standing position that the …

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