September 18, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Stefanos Kasselakis and Effie Achtsioglou emerged as the two winners in the first round of leadership elections of the main opposition, left-wing SYRIZA yesterday, Sunday. With 99% of the votes counted, Stefanos Kasselakis leads with 45%, followed by Achtsioglou (36.2%), Nikos Pappas (8.8%), Euclid Tsakalotos (8.7%) and Stefanos Tzoumakas (1.29%). …
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June 27, 2023
Greece, Politics
With all 17,258 valid votes cast by Greek citizens abroad in Sunday’s general election counted, conservative New Democracy emerged as the most popular party overseas with 43.23% of the vote, a slight increase on its 42.62% share in the May election. Left-wing SYRIZA came in second place, its 16.61% share …
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June 27, 2023
Greece, Politics
The highest abstention rate in a Greek national election was set on Sunday, reaching 47.17%, surpassing the previous record set in the September 2015 election, when it reached 43.84%. The abstention rate has been consistently above 35% for the last 14 years, given the delays in clearing the electoral rolls. …
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June 26, 2023
Greece, Politics
The composition of the new New Democracy government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis was announced late Monday. According to sources from the prime minister’s office, this is a government oriented towards the implementation of the major reform goals, which Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set and is ready to clash with pathogens in order …
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June 26, 2023
Greece, Politics
Elections winner and conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou in order to receive the mandate to form a government. “It is a special honour to receive this mandate to form a government with a four-year horizon,” Mitsotakis said …
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June 25, 2023
Greece, Politics
Projected seat distribution on the basis of revised exit poll. Eight parties in the Greek Parliament, three of them far-right. MeRA25 of Yanis Varoufakis did not pass the 3% threshold and stays out of the Parliament. Abstention is at 48%! Seats projection ND 157 SYRIZA 47 PASOK 33 KKE 20 …
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June 25, 2023
Greece, Politics
Polling centers in Greece closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, and the exit polls show a clear victory for conservative New Democracy. Not that exit polls are ‘estimations’ therefore the rates are vary. Based on the exit polls, it is still unclear how many political parties will pass …
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June 23, 2023
Greece, Politics
Friday, June 23, is the last day political parties rally for entrance and/or a high number of seats in the Greek Parliament ahead of the election on Sunday. Opinion polls show former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative New Democracy party winning by a wide margin of more than 20% over …
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June 21, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Toll-free highways for passenger cars and two-wheelers due to the elections in Greece scheduled on June 25, 2023. According to a decision of the Infrastructure and Transport Minitry the toll-free passage is: For voters from 00:00 on Saturday 24 June 2023 (midnight Friday to Saturday) until 08:00 on the morning …
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June 20, 2023
Economy
The Greek economy will be upgraded by credit rating agencies to investment-grade level following the national elections on June 25, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras asserted on Monday. Speaking at a conference organized in Athens by The Economist and the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce on “The Global Economy …
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June 9, 2023
Greece, Politics
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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May 29, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
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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May 29, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
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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May 28, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
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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May 26, 2023
Economy
New Democracy’s strong results in last Sunday’s elections significantly increase the chance that it will form a government after the repeat elections to be held at the end of June, Moody’s credit rating agency noted on Thursday. This means that there will be continuity in fiscal and economic policy and …
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May 25, 2023
Greece, Politics
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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May 23, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
For one more time. Greek pollsters failed to catch the voters’ pulse ahead of general elections on May 21 and did not come even close to the 21% difference between ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA. In an effort to justify the unjustifiable, that is they “misled clients and …
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May 22, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Leader of left-wing SYRIZA and main loser of the Sunday elections Alexis Tsipras said “I am not giving up the fight, I am here!” leader of left-wing SYRIZA and main loser of the Sunday elections Alexis Tsipras said on Monday after a meeting of the party’s Executive Office. Instead of …
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May 22, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Share prices at Athens Stock Exchange spiked on Monday, in the wake of the resounding victory of the ruling party in Sunday’s elections. The market sees the election result as the best possible scenario, an outcome that reduces political risk, paving the way for an independent government in the next …
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May 22, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that he will return a three-day mandate to form a coalition government on Monday afternoon just hours after receiving it from the president at Monday noon. There are no options for a coalition government, Mitsotakis reportedly said as he expects to secure an outright …
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