October 21, 2024
FEATURED, Politics
A group of prominent Greek-Americans such as Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Nia Vardalos and office-holders, a total of 78 people, issued a enthusiastic print statement over the weekend in favor of Democrat contender Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, days after a closed-door fundraiser for the Trump …
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October 13, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
In the second round of internal party elections for a new leader, socialist PASOK voted for the old leader, Nikos Androulakis. According to official announcement from the party Androulakis received 59.9% of the votes, while his rival Haris Doukas, the Mayor of Athens, received 40.1%. Participation in the second round …
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October 7, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Incumbent PASOK-KINAL party leader Nikos Androulakis will face off against Athens Mayor Haris Doukas next Sunday, in the second round of PASOK’s internal party leadership elections. The first round of election was nail-biting until after Sunday midnight due to the very close race for the 2nd position, between Mayor Haris …
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September 11, 2024
Greece, Politics
The Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance discussed the process for electing the new party leader on Tuesday, after Stefanos Kasselakis was ousted with a vote on Sunday. The Secretariat proposed that the first round of internal elections be held on November 24, with a potential second round on December 1 …
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May 9, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Results of parliamentary and presidential elections in North Macedonia on Wednesday, where the right-wing nationalist party VMRO prevailed with a large majority, is causing concern to Greece’s political leadership as well as the Foreign Ministry with regards to the historic Prespa Agreement of 2018.. The election result enables the majority …
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October 25, 2023
Greece, Politics
Eleven MPs of the far-right party Spartiates (Spartans) have been summoned by the Supreme Court prosecutor to provide explanations as suspects for their potential involvement in electoral fraud during this year’s legislative elections. A request has already been made to Parliament to lift their immunity. As outlined in the prosecutor’s …
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October 12, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
At least two ministers of conservative New Democracy havve blackmailed farmers in flooded Thessaly and citizens in Halandri suburb of northern Athens to vote in favor of the ruling party. Socialist PASOK on Thursday accused Minister of Rural Development, Lefteris Avgenakis, of blackmailing farmers in central Greece whose livelihoods were …
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October 9, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy party has won 7 out of 13 regions of Greece and several municipalities in the first round of local elections on Sunday. The second round of elections next Sunday will determine whether prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will materialize his goal of “13+3” that is winning all 13 …
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October 8, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The polling stations for Greece’s local and regional elections closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday. A second round of elections between winners who did not manage to get 43%+1 vote today is due next Sunday, October 15. At 5.30 p.m., the turnout rate was recorded at 44.6%, as reported by …
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September 27, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The first nationwide public opinion poll after Stefanos Kasselakis won the leadership of main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA was published on Wednesday evening. Conducted by Opinion Poll on behalf of Action24 TV showed that ruling party New Democrasy is losing in the preference of respondents, who were also not particularly …
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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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