October 4, 2024
Greece, Politics
Former conservative ND prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras are turning their backs on Kyriakos Mitsotakis as they will not attend the street party for the 50th anniversary of the New Democracy scheduled to take place in Rigillis Square in downtown Athens on Friday afternoon. In a coordinated action …
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September 3, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling conservative party New Democracy keeps flying low in public opinion preference, while main opposition SYRIZA occupies a place after socialist PASOK that comes second, the latest poll conducted by MRB has shown.. However, Greeks’ disapproval of ND policies does not bring wins for the big opposition parties but rather …
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August 27, 2024
Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy remains the first party in voters’ preferences, however, it showed a significant drop, down to 22.2%, while main opposition SYRIZA suffered extensive losses bringing the party down to fifth ranking position, below PASOK, KKE and Greek Solution. According to the latest public opinion poll conducted by Interview …
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July 3, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy lawmaker who served as minister of Mitsotakis government since 2019, Lefteris Avgenakis, was caught by security camera to get physical against an employee of the Athens International airport. Prior to the CCTV footage released on Wednesday, there was an official denouncement by the Athens Airport Employees union …
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June 9, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Initial results from Sunday’s ballots for the European Parliament show that none of the big three parties in Greece have reached their stated goals. By 86.84% of the votes counted, ruling New Democracy missed its target of 33%, main opposition SYRIZA its goal of over 20% and PASOK missed its …
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April 21, 2024
Greece, Politics
New Democracy MP, Angeliki Delikari, got slapped by another woman during the Sunday mass in a church in Kavala, northern Greece, on Sunday morning. The attacker is a European elections candidate of Niki, a religious-conservative party with seats in Parliament. She came close and hit me with all her strength, …
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April 16, 2024
Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect of Himaa in Albania as a candidate for the upcoming European elections. Beledi was not able to be present at the ND event the 42 party candidates on Monday as he is in prison for buying votes and was sentenced …
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April 15, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“If we are asked as NATO country, we will get off the couch and enter the battle,” New Democracy MP Vangelis Meimarakis told Greek media with regards the alarming developments in the Middle East. Speaking to ANT1 TV, the 70-year-old MEP said “we will defend our principles, our values, the …
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March 15, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The scandal of data protection violations regarding Greek voters living abroad triggered a domino of political developments in the country. MEP of New Democracy Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou has been forced to abstain from the list of candidates for the upcoming European elections, the general secretary of the Interior Ministry Michalis Stavrianoudakis …
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March 6, 2024
Greece, Politics
A prosecutor ordered a review of SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis’ source-of-income declarations (pothen esches) for possible violation of the law, it was announced on Tuesday. The order for the review will focus on whether Kasselakis violated the law on asset declarations, particularly regulations forbidding Greek leaders of parliamentary parties from …
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January 12, 2024
Greece, Politics
Former New Democracy prime minister Antonis Samaras has clearly stated for the second time within a few days that he will vote against a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. At the same time, he sharply criticized the proposal of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis who said that there would be “no voting with …
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January 4, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy MP and professor of international law, Angelos Syrigos, stirred the public debate when he claimed that “some articles of the Lausanne Treaty were out of date.” Among others, he referred to the articles regarding the military presence on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. Syrigos’ statements …
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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 6, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Minister of State Makis Voridis raised objections to same-sex marriage saying he will not vote in favor of same-sex marriage if the issue is taken to parliament. “I have articulated my personal viewpoint. I stand in opposition to it, and I have clearly stated that I will not support it. …
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July 31, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy officially withdrew its support to Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis on Monday morning. Ahead of the local elections in October, the press office of ND announced the deputy Defense Minister, Nikos Hardalias, as its candidate. Reason for Patoulis’ support withdrawal was a short video showing him relaxing …
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July 9, 2023
Greece, Politics
New Democracy received a vote of confidence on Saturday night in Parliament with an absolutely majority, based solely on the votes of its own 158 deputies, while most other parties voted against. Following a three-day debate on policy statements for a second term in power, ND received a vote of …
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June 27, 2023
Greece, Politics
The aim of the new government is to see Greek tourism industry becoming ‘strong, competitive and sustainable,” noted the new Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, speaking at the ministry handover ceremony on Tuesday, with outgoing caretaker Tourism Minister Ioanna Dretta. Speaking of the ministry’s key policies alongside the new Deputy Minister …
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June 19, 2023
Greece, Politics
Mustafa Katranci, a parliamentary candidate for conservative New Democracy from the Rhodope province in northeastern Greece, announced on Monday he was withdrawing from the electoral race, after the main opposition claimed that his name was included in an intelligence report citing his alleged links to the Turkish Consulate in Komotini. …
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June 9, 2023
Greece, Politics
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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