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.
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.
North Macedonia's pro-Western Social Democrats said Thursday they were ready to start complicated power-sharing negotiations after winning a narrow election victory in a poll held up for months by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Greece’s main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras congratulated North Macedonia’s Zoran Zaev for his electoral win in Wednesday’s elections, describing its as a “message of brave progressive forces” against nationalism.
North Macedonia's electoral commission said early Thursday that with nearly 94% of the vote counted the Social Democrats have 36% and VMRO-DPMNE follow at more than 34%.
Crucial elections are taking place in North Macedonia next week, following a three-month delay because of the pandemic. Relations between Athens and Skopje are much improved since the 2018 signing of the name deal. Still, the vote is important.
The Interior Ministry has published a decision regarding enrolment on the electoral register for Greeks living abroad.
As the race to determine the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate narrows, the voice of overseas Americans could well be decisive. Those Americans who have not already voted in their state’s Democratic primary, are urged to visit the King George Hotel in Syntagma Square, Athens, on Sunday, March 8.
After months of uncertainty and speculation, we are entering the phase of the process that will produce the person who will run against US President Donald Trump in November’s election, as the mist clears in the Democratic camp.
The draft bill for Greece’s new electoral law was submitted Monday to a parliamentary committee for debate, before being put to a vote in a plenary session on January 22.
The government on Friday sought to make further tweaks to a draft bill aimed at granting full voting rights to Greeks living abroad ahead of a vote on the legislation expected next week, though the desired full consensus appeared elusive.
