July 18, 2024
FEATURED, Politics, World
The European Parliament has confirmed Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as President of the European Commission. She will serve until 2029. The German politician will have a further five years to steer legislation at the helm of the EU’s main executive body. 5 more years. I can’t …
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June 27, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
One police officer was injured and a patrol car went on fire outside the residence of the President of the Supreme Court when a group of unknown individuals hurled petrol bombs in the early morning hours of Thursday. The police officer suffered injuries on his face and hands and was …
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January 22, 2024
Greece, Politics
Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greece, EPP/DC) has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday. Taking over from Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), he is PACE’s 35th President since 1949 and the first Greek national to hold this office. The President serves for a one-year term …
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November 6, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, received family members of hostages held in Gaza Strip by Hamas. the President received the families at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Monday morning. The families of the hostages held in Gaza by Hamas are visiting Greece from Israel in order …
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August 13, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“If the Greek authorities were able to detain all 100 through some kind of “artificial detention”, this would contain elements of revenge or attribution of collective responsibility,” Croatian president Zoran Milanovic said with regards the detention of dozens of Croatian hooligans so far, involved in attacks outside the AEK stadium …
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February 12, 2023
Politics, World
With 100 per cent of votes counted Nikos Christodoulides had a clear lead, echoing what exit polls had earlier suggested. Christodoulides secured 51.91 per cent of the vote while Andreas Mavroyiannis got 48.09 per cent. 49-year-old Christodoulides will become president on 28 February. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs …
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January 17, 2023
Greece, Politics
President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, urged for radical reforms in the country’s Justice system that has been suffering from years especially with long delays in serving justice. “For one to be able to find solutions (to the issues of Justice) radical reforms are needed and not small changes …
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November 3, 2022
Greece, Politics
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visited Ukraine on Thursday and had a meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. In statement after the meeting with Zelensky, Sakellaropoulou expressed Greece’s undivided support and solidarity to the heroic Ukrainian people who are already facing nine months …
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October 31, 2022
Greece, Politics
With a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, the royal couple of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexandre and Queen Maxima, started their 3-day official visit to Greece following an invitation by President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The royal couple arrived Sunday evening and was welcomed …
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September 9, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Uncategorized
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed her condolences to Britain’s Royal Family on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II in social media late Thursday evening. On Twitter, Sakellaropoulou wrote in English: “Queen Elizabeth’s reign has marked the modern history of Britain. She has been a true pillar of her country and …
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June 27, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s state and political leadership as well as leaders of opposition parties slammed the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion. President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in a post on Facebook on Monday, it was an open cultural clash in the already divided USA, with wider social and political …
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March 8, 2022
Greece, Politics
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou honored the women of Ukraine. She expressed her support for the women of Ukraine, those who stayed behind defending their homeland and those who took the path of fleeing as refugees. Wearing a blue …
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February 11, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Melina Travlos, Chairwoman of Neptune Lines Shipping & Managing Enterprises, was elected as the new head of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) on Thursday. She is the first woman to lead the union in the 100 years after its establishment. Travlos is the first woman to be elected UGS …
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February 3, 2022
Greece, Politics
Former Greek president Christos Sartzetakis passed away at the age of 92 after long hospitalization. He was widely known for rigorously investigating the 1963 murder of left-wing MP Grigoris Lambrakis by right-wing extremists. Sartzetakis had been treated for pneumonia in the intensive care unit of Laiko General Hospital since December …
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January 27, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou honored the victims. At an event for the Day of Remembrance of Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust, Sakellaropoulou said: “The Holocaust concerns us all, not just the Jewish people. It reveals the naked …
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January 13, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a “direct dialogue” with Greece on Thursday as a fresh row sparked between the two neighboring countries over the Pontus Greeks Genocide following statements by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. During a meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara Erdogan and referring to tensions between Greece …
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December 26, 2021
Greece, Politics
Former President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias passed away at the age of 92 on Sunday. Papoulias served two terms as president, from 2005 to 2015. He was a longstanding member of PASOK and held various ministerial appointments in his long political career, mainly in the Foreign Ministry and …
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October 13, 2021
Greece, Politics
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has received a group of women, attorneys, judges and MPs from Afghanistan at the presidential mansion on Tuesday. “Greece’s response to requests for hosting vulnerable Afghani refugees was immediate,” she noted, “and it highlighted the significance it attaches to the humanitarian aspect of the migration crisis, in …
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October 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Professor Theoklis Zaoutis has been appointed the new president of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) by the Greek Health Ministry on Tuesday. .Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE, PhD, is Professor of Pediatrics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Professor of Epidemiology at Perelman Medical School of the …
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October 2, 2021
Greece, Politics
The president of the National Public Health Organisation (EOPY), Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, submitted his resignation on Saturday and thus amid the pandemic. Prior to the resignation, media reports were speaking about it claiming the change in the leadership of the Health Ministry. According to media information, Arkoumaneas is heading to a …
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