This year New Democracy, Greece’s ruling party, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. As the main political force of the center right, ND had been at the forefront of re-establishing democracy in 1974, under the leadership of Konstantinos Karamanlis.
The Greek stock market continued on Tuesday along the same path it had started the week.
An ancient artifact, missing since the German occupation, has been returned to Greece by Hanover’s municipality and the August Kestner Museum, the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Tuesday.
His political career lasted over half a century; it was full of crises, scandals, even an assassination attempt. But some of the most dramatic passages in the memoirs of Wolfgang Schaeuble concern Greece.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to play a leading role in New Democracy’s European elections campaign. He said as much in his speech that closed the proceedings of the three-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of New Democracy.
It’s been just 10 months since the last national election and the government won by a landslide. So, it is ludicrous from both a political and democratic standpoint that its legitimacy should come into question.
Government officials are surprised and angered by the opposition’s call for a fresh vote mere months after their election triumph.
Authorities have received a flurry of reports regarding incidents of domestic violence since Monday. A total of 142 complaints have been filed, resulting in 54 arrests.
This May, the third edition of This is Athens – City Festival returns with over 250 events across the city.