The statements on Friday by Archbishop Ieronymos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during a joint visit to facilities of the Archdiocese of Athens in Dilesi, demonstrated in the most emphatic way that the rift in relations between the Church and the government over the legislation on same-sex marriage has been largely bridged.
Last week I attended the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The parliamentarians from 46 European states, including former Tory ministers, voted to accept Kosovo into membership despite loud objections from Serbia.
The leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has used a visit to New York to express his solidarity with students at Columbia University protesting in opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza.
Eleven MPs elected with the far-right Spartans party will go on trial on June 19 on charges of defrauding voters in the 2023 general election.
The email addresses of thousands of Greek voters abroad were leaked between May and June 2023, an Interior Ministry internal audit has found.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday affirmed the amicable ties between his conservative government and the Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Ieronymos, the leader of the influential Orthodox Church of Greece, on Friday denounced threats made by a nationalist party leader against deputies of the ruling New Democracy party.
The resounding victory of North Macedonia’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE candidate over the country’s outgoing president in the first round of the presidential election elections is a very clear reflection of a general upward nationalist trend in the neighboring country.
Opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis has reaffirmed his belief that his SYRIZA party will secure the top position in the forthcoming European Parliament elections in June.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking in an interview on SKAI TV’s prime-time news bulletin ahead of the European elections, underscored that “the benchmark is the previous European elections.”
Greek politics and the country’s government do listen to the market and to science, but need to do more.
Konstantinos Floros, an independent MP, formerly with the far-right Spartiates party, Floros was released on bail with a restraining order on Thursday after being arrested for attacking and punching another MP, Vassilis Grammenos, in Parliament the day before.
Konstantinos Floros, an independent MP, formerly with the far-right Spartiates party, will testify before a prosecutor on Thursday afternoon, after being arrested for attacking and punching another MP in Parliament the day before.
Greece’s Supreme Court said it banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from running in this year’s elections for the European Parliament because its real leader is a jailed politician from neo-Nazi Golden Dawn (GD).
Konstantinos Floros (center), an independent MP, formerly with the far-right Spartiates party, is led out of the plenary session by the Parliament guard on Wednesday after physically assaulting Greek Solution MP Vassilis Grammenos during a debate over a defamation lawsuit.
Greece’s Supreme Court banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from running in this year’s elections for the European Parliament, the Athens News Agency reported.
