The far-right ELAM party and a centrist splinter group made big gains in Cyprus’ parliamentary election on Sunday as a sizeable chunk of supporters appeared to have turned their back on the top three parties amid voter disenchantment with traditional power centers.
A draft law detailing how Greeks living abroad may vote in national elections was defeated in Parliament on Wednesday, after contentious debate from committee level to plenary.
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A new amendment proposed by the Interior Ministry on the voting rights of Greeks living abroad has been approved in principle by a majority of the appropriate House committee.
Draft legislation was submitted to Parliament Tuesday that does away with the system of simple proportional representation in the election of municipal and regional authorities.
Bulgaria’s president said on Wednesday he will call a snap parliamentary election for July and name a technocrat interim Cabinet next week, after politicians failed in a third attempt to form a government a month after an inconclusive vote.
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Nearly all ballots have been counted in Albania’s general election and the ruling Socialist Party remained in the lead Tuesday with the possibility of forming a government on its own.
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Albania’s ruling Socialist Party secured 49.4% of votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election, the state election commission said on Monday on the basis of 30% votes counted.
The Greek Constitution gives the right to Greeks living abroad to vote remotely if they are enrolled to vote in Greece. However, for decades, the Greek Parliament did not implement a procedure for Greeks abroad to vote.
The government will introduce an amendment abolishing diaspora Greeks’ voting restrictions, Interior Minister Makis Voridis said Monday.
A new online platform paving the way for Greek citizens who live abroad to vote in the next national elections back home is expected to go live by the end of February. Once it is up and running, the platform will allow overseas Greeks to register their details so that they can cast their ballot […]
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday expressed his “readiness and determination” to engage in negotiations with the newly-elected Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over Cyprus’ division as soon as possible.
A hardliner who favors even closer ties with Turkey and a tougher stance with rival Greek Cypriots in peace talks has defeated the leftist incumbent in the Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff Sunday.
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US presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden expressed his commitment to “call out Turkish behavior that is in violation of international law or that contravenes its commitments as a NATO ally,” in a statement released by his campaign office yesterday on his vision for Greek Americans and US-Greek relations.
Foreign policy veterans in the region and experts from the Biden campaign will meet with members and friends of Democrats Abroad Greece on Thursday, October 8, in an online webinar starting at 9 p.m.
The US election can still swing either way. Even though public opinion polls in recent months have given Joe Biden a steady lead, this could still be reversed.
Much of the world’s attention is understandably turned to the upcoming election in the United States. At stake is not only the presidency, but also one-third of the Senate and the entire Congress.
