Erdogan cancels third day of election appearances
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled his election appearances for a third day Friday after falling ill with what officials described as an intestinal infection.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled his election appearances for a third day Friday after falling ill with what officials described as an intestinal infection.
As the May 21 elections draw nearer, several parties on the right of the ruling New Democracy are competing for the support of extremist voters.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled on Friday New Democracy’s (ND) country-wide list for the upcoming elections on May 21 that includes eight women and seven men.
Evangelos Venizelos, former deputy prime minister of Greece and former minister of foreign affairs, speaking with Kathimerini English Edition Editor Tom Ellis as part of the Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday, discussed the role of PASOK in a future governmental coalition, stating that, having borne the brunt of the fallout from the financial crisis, it…
Buses and trolleys in Athens will take part in the mobilisations marking Labor Day on Monday with work stoppages at the start and end of the day’s shifts.
The summer schedule for lower household electricity tariffs at off-peak times will take effect from Monday, May 1, and will last until October 31, the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator SA (ADMIE) announced on Thursday.
A Swiss entrepreneur recently made one of the most expensive real estate purchases in Athens in recent years, acquiring a penthouse in the Anaktora area near the Presidential Palace for 18 million euros, which equates to approximately 56,000 euros per square meter.
It poses risks to the country that the leadership and top officials of main opposition SYRIZA leave open – even if indirectly – the possibility of cooperation with the leader of the MeRA25 party and former SYRIZA finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Given that the July 2019 elections were settled with a difference of less than two percentage points between New Democracy and SYRIZA in eight regions of the country, they are set to become fiercely contested battlegrounds in the upcoming elections as well.
The Athens branch of the Goethe Institute is hosting an exhibition organized by Germany’s Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations that explores the sociopolitical situation in Europe.