Greece elects conservative Tassoulas as president despite protests
1 month, 1 week ago

Greece elects conservative Tassoulas as president despite protests

Al Jazeera  

Constantine Tassoulas’s candidacy had led to anger among demonstrators decrying Greece’s worst rail disaster. Greece’s parliament has elected the conservative government’s nominee, Constantine Tassoulas, as the country’s president, despite protester anger as justice is sought for a deadly 2023 train crash. Tassoulas, a key ally of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won the backing of 160 lawmakers in Wednesday’s vote in the 300-seat parliament to succeed Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Protesters say that on Tassoulas’s watch as parliamentary speaker, lawmakers failed to investigate any political responsibility for Greece’s worst rail disaster.

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A veteran conservative lawmaker is sworn in as Greece’s new president
1 week, 5 days ago

A veteran conservative lawmaker is sworn in as Greece’s new president

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Veteran conservative lawmaker Constantine Tassoulas was sworn in as Greece’s new president Thursday, as the government grapples with lingering public anger over a deadly rail disaster two years ago. At Thursday’s ceremony, presidential guards in pleated kilts, red caps, and billowing shirts slow-marched past a makeshift memorial outside parliament. “I believe these goals are widely shared.” Despite …

Conservative Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister while far-right sees election surge
1 year, 8 months ago

Conservative Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister while far-right sees election surge

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was formally sworn in as Greece’s prime minister Monday after easily winning a second term with a record-high margin but also facing a Parliament that includes lawmakers from more parties, including three small ones on the far right. Held under a new electoral law that boosts the first party, Sunday’s vote gave ND …

Greece: Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins second term as PM despite worst migrant ship disaster
1 year, 8 months ago

Greece: Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins second term as PM despite worst migrant ship disaster

India TV News  

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country’s second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term. “With today’s electoral result, Greece opens a new, historic chapter in its course,” Mitsotakis said in a televised …

Greeks vote in second general election in 5 weeks, with conservative party favoured to win majority
1 year, 9 months ago

Greeks vote in second general election in 5 weeks, with conservative party favoured to win majority

The Hindu  

Greeks were voting on June 25 in the second general election in less than two months, with the conservative party in power for the last four years a strong favourite to win with a wide majority. The 55-year-old conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is eyeing a second four-year term as prime minister after his New Democracy party won by a huge …

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term
1 year, 9 months ago

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term

LA Times  

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country’s second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term. “With today’s electoral result, Greece opens a new, historic chapter in its course,” Mitsotakis said in a televised …

Greece election: Prime minister concedes defeat as Conservative New Democracy party set to win absolute majority in parliament
5 years, 8 months ago

Greece election: Prime minister concedes defeat as Conservative New Democracy party set to win absolute majority in parliament

The Independent  

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Greek election front-runner keeps campaign unusually low-key
5 years, 8 months ago

Greek election front-runner keeps campaign unusually low-key

Associated Press  

LAVRIO, Greece — On an exhaustive tour of Greece’s blue collar towns and city suburbs, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a spring in his step. The 51-year-old Mitsotakis heads to the election with a big lead in opinion polls over left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who has led the country for the past four years as Greece struggled to bring an end …

Greece election: Alexis Tsipras on brink of return to power - to implement the austerity he fought so hard against
9 years, 6 months ago

Greece election: Alexis Tsipras on brink of return to power - to implement the austerity he fought so hard against

The Independent  

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