On the night that Greece’s biggest left-wing party voted for its new leader, all anyone could talk about was pizza. At stake was the future of the Syriza party, which had run Greece at the head of a coalition government from 2015 to 2019. As the votes came in on September 19, one of the … Read more
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in Sunday’s runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had explicitly said that his goal was to win all 13 regions plus the cities of Athens, Thessaloniki … Read more
ATHENS, Greece — A 35-year-old businessman without prior political experience was elected Sunday to lead Greece’s main opposition bloc, the left-wing Syriza party. Stefanos Kasselakis defeated Effie Achtsioglou, a 38-year-old lawmaker and former labor minister, in a runoff contest. Three other candidates had been eliminated in an earlier first round. With the votes still being … Read more
Greece’s transport minister has resigned over the loss of life of a person who was pushed off a ferry ramp by a crew member after arriving late ByThe Related Press September 11, 2023, 6:47 AM Greece’s transport minister resigned Monday over the loss of life of a person who was pushed off a ferry ramp … Read more
ATHENS, Greece — It was probably the most tantalizing of victories. Regardless of inflicting the heaviest defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece’s center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is anticipated Monday to hunt a second nationwide election inside weeks to safe the bulk in Parliament he wants to manipulate alone. With 99.65% of … Read more
A perennial favourite amongst holidaymakers, Greece constantly ranks among the many prime 10 trip locations in Europe. However now it desires vacationers to get to know lesser-known areas throughout its 1000’s of sprawling islands. “We’re shifting past sea and solar. We need to extend the tourism season in each time and area,” Olympia Anastasopoulou, secretary-general … Read more