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Leader of Greek Opposition Kasselakis Gets Married in New York

Stefanos Kasselakis, the new leader of Greek main opposition SYRIZA, will marry his partner, Tyler Macbeth, at a civic ceremony in New York on Thursday. Greece does not recognize same-sex marriages, so Kasselakis flew to the US to marry Macbeth. https://twitter.com/ellada24/status/1714718400700674433 He...

Stefanos Kasselakis Is the New Leader of SYRIZA

Stefanos Kasselakis is the new SYRIZA-PA leader after winning the second round ballot over Efi Achtsioglou on Sunday's party election

Stefanos Kasselakis: The Rising Star of the Greek Left

Stefanos Kasselakis is the rising star of the Greek Left after winning the first round of the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance election for party leadership

The Five Candidates Vowing to Reverse SYRIZA’s Decline in Greece

Five candidates for the leadership of the leftist SYRIZA party in Greece are vowing to reverse the decline in the party's popularity following successive election defeats, during the first round of elections that take place on Sunday. SYRIZA hopes that...

New Greek Parliament Sworn In Following Mitsotakis’ Triumph

The members of the Greek Parliament elected in the general elections of June 25 were sworn in on Monday, in a celebratory opening session in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The 300 members of parliament...

SYRIZA Leader Alexis Tsipras Resigns

The leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras announced he is resigning after the crushing defeat his party suffered in the Greek elections. SYRIZA won just 17.84 percent of the vote on Sunday and is left with just 48 MPs in the...

Elections in Greece: Mitsotakis Favorite to Win

Greece goes to the polls on Sunday for a repeat election that, according to the latest opinion polls could see the center-right New Democracy (ND) return to government with a big parliamentary majority. Opinion polls on Friday showed Kyriakos Mitsotakis...

SYRIZA in Disarray After Shocking Election Defeat in Greece

SYRIZA, the party that swept to power during the turbulent years of the Greek debt crisis, is in disarray after the election results on Sunday. The party led by former PM Alexis Tsipras has seen its share of the vote...

Five Arrested on Election Fraud Charges in Central Greece

Five people were arrested on Saturday evening in Karditsa, central Greece, suspected of attempted election fraud. Among the suspects were three associates of the opposition SYRIZA party candidate, George Vaiopoulos. In their car, police discovered 197 forged identity cards as well...

Greece Goes to the Polls in Tightly Fought General Elections

Greece votes Sunday in a general election that could prove inconclusive, with the leading candidate, conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, unlikely to garner a lead wide enough to avoid a new vote. Opinion polls show Mitsotakis’ conservative New Democracy ahead...