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French Government Survives No-Confidence Votes

On Monday, the French government survived two votes of no-confidence triggered by President Emmanuel Macron's decision to use special constitutional powers to force through a controversial pensions reform bill last week. The first vote, which was brought about by centrist...

YouTube Reinstates Trump After Two Years

YouTube reinstated Donald Trump's ban after a two-year suspension following the Capitol Hill riot. “Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” YouTube said in a statement Friday. “We carefully evaluated the continued...

UK’s PM Rules Out Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to protect the Parthenon Marbles from being sent back to Greece, saying they remain a “huge asset” to the UK, the Guardian reports on Monday. Despite a campaign to return the marble sculptures...

Turkey to Hold Elections on May 14

President Tayyip Erdogan officially set Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14, a month ahead of schedule, signing the decision in a ceremony shown live on television on Friday. “Our nation will go to the polls to elect its...

Poll Confirms Greek Governing Party Losing Ground After Rail Disaster

The latest poll on voting intentions in Greece suggests that while center-right New Democracy (ND) is still ahead of left-wing SYRIZA, the lead has narrowed since the rail disaster on February 28. The Marc poll for Antenna TV, which was...

Greek PM Mitsotakis: ‘Not Hiding Behind Human Errors’ in Train Disaster

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologised again for the recent train disaster in Greece. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mitsotakis repeated his public apology in the name of all those who have governed the country in recent years, but...

Train Disaster Derails Greece’s Political Establishment

The train disaster in Greece that claimed the lives of 57 people derailed the parties of the political establishment in the country, weeks before the general elections. As public anger grows over the timeless deficiencies of Greek railways, there are...

Greece Election Dates Allegedly Postponed

The legislative election in Greece will be rescheduled to dates later in the year according to Greek media sources. MEGA TV and journalist Christina Korai have said that the first round of the election will take place on May 21...

Greek PM Mitsotakis Apologizes for Train Tragedy

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis took to social media on Sunday to apologize for the train tragedy at Tempi that resulted in the deaths of at least 57 people. Mitsotakis who is facing a general election this spring as prime minister,...

Trump Releases ‘Justice for All’ Song with Capitol Riot Prisoners

Former US President Donald Trump released a song with a choir of men imprisoned in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot. The song "Justice for All" by Donald J Trump and the J6 Prison Choir was released on Friday...

Tasos Zambas: The Tireless Campaigner for Greece and Cyprus in the US

Tasos Zambas is a Greek Cypriot American who has been defending the national interests of Greece and Cyprus in the US since he immigrated as a refugee from his ancestral home following the Turkish invasion of 1974. Zambas, a close...

Greek American Paul Vallas Advances to Runoff for Mayor of Chicago

Greek American Paul Vallas will fight it out with Brandon Johnson to become the next mayor of Chicago after Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for a second term on Tuesday. With an estimated 94 percent of ballots counted as of...

Greek Court Hands Former SYRIZA Minister Pappas 2 Years in Prison

A Greek special court convicted ex-minister of SYRIZA Nikos Pappas to a maximum two-year sentence with a three-year probation Friday over the handling of a 2016 television licence tender under the former government. Pappas, who served as minister of digital...

Greece and Turkey Must Preserve Current Positive Climate, Athens Says

Greece and Turkey must preserve the positive climate in their relations following the deadly earthquakes, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, Dendias said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his...

Putin on War in Ukraine: Defeating Russia is ‘Impossible’

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to continue with Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine stressing that "defeating Russia is impossible." He accused the U.S. led NATO alliance of fanning the flames of the conflict in the mistaken belief that it...