A 76-year-old woman, who made headlines on Sunday after she was elected in the European Parliament with nationalist party Elliniki Lysi (Greek Solution), told journalists she is surprised by her win.
He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have are 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a seat in the European Parliament representing Cyprus, one of several unusual candidates who launched improbable campaigns only to snag membership in the 720-seat…
A man was arrested in the Peloponnesian city of Patra for attempted extortion after an elderly woman assisted police with the operation.
Burkinabe choreographer and dancer Serge Aime Coulibaly returns to the Athens Festival (aefestival.gr) with his Faso Danse Theatre company to present a new piece, “C la vie,” at Pireos 260 on June 12-13.
Τhe level of voter abstention hovering close to 60% in the June 9 European elections is no doubt a cause for concern for the country’s political establishment.
Dozens of people who had gathered on Tuesday outside the court house in the town of Pyrgos, in southwestern Greece, attacked a man accused of killing an 11-year-old girl.
This month the government will table a bill in Parliament on the new monitoring system with online cross-checking for uninsured vehicles, for owners whose vehicles have not undergone technical inspections (KTEO) and for those who have not paid their road tax.
The testimony of a 37-year-old convicted child molester, who is facing murder and rape charges after allegedly confessing to killing an 11-year-old girl in Ilia in the western Peloponnese, has been postponed to Friday.
Electricity consumers should expect further rate hikes in July after the price increase in the wholesale market, while a permanent threat for additional charges is the deficit of the renewables account (ELAPE), which the latest forecasts raise to 600 million euros by year-end, from €450 million in March.
Greece’s first foray into postal voting ahead of last Sunday’s elections for European Parliament has been hailed as a success, though takeup was not as big as expected and there appear to have been some problems with the procedure.