Dora Antoniou, Kathimerini’s political editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down what went wrong for SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras in Sunday’s elections, what this defeat means for the party looking ahead, and whether this is now PASOK and Nikos Androulakis’ big chance to reclaim the center-left.
A caretaker government led by a judge and with non-politicians at the crucial posts will be sworn in Thursday. The leaders of the five parties represented in the Parliament agreed on Wednesday that no coalition cabinet was possible.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday framed the decision laying before voters in the new elections which are expected on June 2 as a choice on who will govern, not who will lead the opposition.
Tourism may be considered Greece’s biggest industries, but it was mainly exports of goods that served as a lifeline for the economy and businesses both in the decade of the economic crisis and during the pandemic.
The Ministry of Finance, banks and funds are discussing changes to the basic terms of the out-of-court settlement, which will lead to the cancellation of debts for more debtors.
A group of robbers raided a factory trading in sugar and raw materials in the industrial area of Aspropyrgos, west Attica, overnight, police said Thursday.
A new research center focusing on fighting cancer was inaugurated at the campus of the University of Cyprus earlier this week, aiming to bring together leading scientists working across different areas of biology and medical sciences to develop an internationally competitive program of research on cancer.
Jailed former Golden Dawn deputy leader, Ilias Kasidiaris, announced on Thursday he would will attempt to run as an independent candidate in the second Greek general elections that will likely take place on June 25.
Wednesday’s recommendations by the European Commission signal a return to fiscal containment, in view of the adoption of a new Stability Pact, as they limit the increase in the so-called net primary costs of 2024 to 2.6% compared to 2023.
Greece’s independent authority for transparency will investigate new reports that the authorities were involved in illegal pushbacks of refugees after the New York Times published a video allegedly showing the Coast Guard abandoning people at sea, many of which were children.