Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Police investigate murder-suicide in Halkidiki

Police in the northern peninsula of Halkidiki are investigating a possible murder-suicide, in which a man shot his wife dead before turning the gun on himself in front of their 8-year-old child.

Crete: Returning officer goes missing along with bag of votes

Authorities on Crete have said that the returning officer from one polling station is missing, along with the bag containing the votes cast. The officer was assigned to the 198th polling station, which was based at the 13th Primary School in Iraklio, the island’s biggest city.

Mitsotakis victory: five questions for markets

Greek stocks and government bonds rallied sharply on Monday, cheering the ruling New Democracy party’s election showing. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party fell just short of a majority in Sunday’s vote, making a second election likely. But with its lead larger than polls predicted, analysts expect New Democracy to win an outright majority.

Mitsotakis to return exploratory mandate to president

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to return a three-day mandate to form a coalition government just hours after receiving it from President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Mitsotakis to receive mandate to form coalition gov’t

As leader of the first party, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to receive an official mandate to try to form a coalition government from President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at 12.30 p.m.

Former transport minister Karamanlis set for re-election

Kostas A. Karamanlis, who resigned as transport minister following the tragic train collision in Tempe in February, appears to be on track for re-election as an MP in Serres, northern Greece.

PASOK sees chance to regain status as main opposition at SYRIZA’s expense

With PASOK’s ratings increasing by more than 40% compared to 2019, there is a clear possibility now it could be catapulted back to being the main opposition party.

Greece’s center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

It was the most tantalizing of victories. Despite inflicting the most crushing defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece’s center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected Monday to seek a second national election within weeks, as he lacks the majority in Parliament to govern alone. With 99.55% of the votes counted early Monday,…

Expert sees ‘devastating’ election result for SYRIZA, cautions over lack of scrutiny on government

According to Wolfango Piccoli, co-president at financial advisory firm Teneo, Sunday’s election result had a “devastating” impact on the SYRIZA leftist opposition, while leaving New Democracy in a dominant position with limited scrutiny.

Surprise performance for two minor parties

The performance of two parties in particular that did not hold seats in the previous parliament was one of the major surprises of Sunday’s general election, despite narrowly missing the 3 percent threshold to enter parliament.