On the final stretch to the May 21 election, the two largest parties – ruling conservative New Democracy and leftist opposition SYRIZA – are concerned about the gap between them and the votes of the smaller parties vying to reach the magical 3% threshold that will allow them to be represented in Parliament.
Greek officials are closely watching the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections, but seem resigned to the fact that the neighboring country’s policy includes expansionist claims in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean and the questioning of Greece’s sovereignty over many of its Aegean islands, as well as the islands’ themselves possessing a continental shelf.
A student works the loom at a Special Vocational Training School in the town of Kilkis in northern Greece, in a photograph released on Saturday.
Israeli musician and composer Kutiman is bringing his full band to the stage of the French Institute in Athens for a show that is part of the municipality’s Athens City Festival.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis holds a speech on Sunday broadcast on all national TV channels.
Prof. Gabriel Haritos joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the significance of President Nikos Christodoulides’ recent trip to Israel and message it sends about the importance of this bilateral relationship, and look at the issues discussed.
The second most visited monument in Greece after the Acropolis is that of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Parliament building in Athens.
Pianist Elke Robersscheuten performs in the National Garden of Athens on Friday as a part of the three-day Piano City Athens Festival which ends on Sunday.
The message coming out of Athens after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said via Kathimerini on Thursday that he wants good relations with Greece was that Athens’ intentions after the elections to hold discussions with Ankara and any president of Turkey remain sincere, without, however, cultivating naive expectations that Turkey’s foreign policy will change in…
When Thais go to the polls Sunday, they will be voting in a closely fought election that is seen, in part, as a referendum on whether it is illegal to criticize the Thai monarchy.