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 …
ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers on Wednesday elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum as the country’s new president. Speaking shortly after the vote results were formally announced, Tassoulas said his election was “a supreme honor for me, but above all a precious responsibility.” A lawyer by …
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 …
