Police on the Ionian island of Zakynthos are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 20-year-old British tourist after he fell into a pool at a club. The man is understood to have lost consciousness after falling into the pool at the well-known venue.
Voter turnout hit an historic low in Sunday’s election, with over 47% of voters opting to stay away from the ballot box.
New Democracy is leading in the vote of Greeks living overseas, as counting of ballot boxes from the 35 countries where polling stations were set up continues.
The composition of the new Parliament with a total of eight parties “creates many challenges for its new president”, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou told the House Speaker at a meeting on Monday morning.
The official results of June 25 election was delivered on Monday morning to the House Speaker, Konstantinos Tassoulas, by the acting Minister of the Interior, Kalliopi Spanou.
US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated Kyriakos Mitsotakis on his new election win on Sunday, where his party achieved an outright majority.
The swearing-in ceremony for the elected mayor of Himare in Albania, Fredi Beleri, is scheduled for Tuesday but cannot take place while he still remains in custody.
The market test for the EastMed pipeline – the project to transport natural gas from East Mediterranean gas fields to Italy and Central Europe through Greece – is expected to take place by the end of 2023, officials of owner IGI Poseidon told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
Two men were arrested for espionage on Sunday night after they were caught wandering inside the Salamis Naval Base, located in the northeastern part of the island of Salamina, about 16 kilometers west of Athens.
Greece’s New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be sworn in as prime minister on Monday after a resounding victory in a repeat election on Sunday gave him a second four-year term.