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Amanda Georgiadi enchanted audiences and viewers with “Die together” and won 8th place in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The representative of Greece on the stage in Turin was applauded by the audience and won the impressions by entering the top ten. The Greek-Norwegian singer collected a total of 215 …

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With the absolute majority of 151 votes, Article 3 of the Greek Constitution regarding the relations between the Greek Church and the State will be revised by the next Parliament that will emerge from the next elections. The proposal tabled by SYRIZA would abolish the reference to the dogma of …

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The Greek Palriament ratified the historical Prespes Agreement with 153 YES. The majority was achieved with 145 SYRIZA votes as well as with the votes of ministers Kountoura (ex ANEL) and  Papakosta (independent), two votes from To Potami (Theodorakis, Mavrotas) and the votes of  DIMAR (Theocharopoulos), Democratic Left (Lykoudis), ex …

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred up the whole Europe against him not only by defying other governments objections but also by calling everyone who does not meet his demands as “Nazi”. The Turkish president targeted Germany and the Netherlands after the two countries cancelled rallies on Turkish referendum …

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With three days to go until snap elections, the government has hired more than 2,000 additional civil servants, according to a ruling by the Council of State made public on Thursday. Of the 2,136 public staff recruited, half are contract workers for the Public Power Corporation (PPC), with hundreds more …

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The win of left-wing SYRIZA seems to be a fact as it secures its lead towards Nea Dimokratia with more of 4% according to latest polls. But what percentage will SYRIZA need to form a majority government with 151 seats in a Parliament of 300 and avoid to have to …

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Greece’s acting Prime Minister Antonis Samaras could not help it. He could not go beyond his inner demons of vanity and political ambitions and self-righteousness. So he made a linking of the Charlie Hebdo massacre with the migration in Greece just for the sake of  attacking main opposition left-wing SYRIZA. …

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The winner of Sunday’s municipality and regional elections is … extreme-right Golden Dawn. The party whose members face charges for establishing a criminal gang, doubled its rates from the last parliamentary elections in Athens and Attica region. Ilias Kasidiaris, GD spokesman who is free on bail, a mayor candidate for …

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A law suit has been filed against against Deputy Mayor of Heraclea in Serres, Northern Greece, who allegedly stole large quantities of food destined for needy. However his aim was not the personal consumption but the distribution of these food items to those picked up by the elected local politicians. …

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Greek Parliament passed austerity Budget 2013 with 167 YES, 128 NO and 4 Abstentions. right after the voting, Antonis Samaras expelled MP Soldatos (Lefkada) from the parliamentary group of Nea Dimocratia for having opposed the budget cuts in Labour and Development Ministries. the number of seats for conservative ND dropped to 125. …

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 Greek Elections 2012 – Latest results according to Interior Ministry and Singular Logic based on 76.72% of the votes as of 02.20 am: 1.  NEA DIMOCRATIA  19.70% 110 seats 2. SYRIZA 16.33% 50 seats 3. PASOK 13.54% 42 seats 4. INDEP GREEKS 10.47% 32 seats 5. KKE 8.38% 26 seats …

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