Diaspora vote

Parliament has approved a new law easing the requirements for Greek citizens residing abroad wishing to vote in Greek elections. A total of 208 MPs – eight more than the constitutional requirement – from ruling New Democracy, PASOK-Movement for Change,...

An amendment of the 2019 law for Greeks voting from abroad was posted for public consultation on Monday. If it passes by Parliament, the amendment will lift all restrictions for Greek citizens voting in elections abroad, whether they have...

Greek PM Mitsotakis said that a new law will be brought to Parliament which will "lift all barriers in the vote of Greeks living abroad.

New Democracy is leading in the vote of Greeks living overseas, as the counting of ballot boxes from the 35 countries where polling stations were set up continues. With three in five votes counted, New Democracy won 41.94% of the...

Greeks living abroad who voted in the parliamentary elections on Saturday mirrored the choice of their compatriots in Greece as far as the first two parties are concerned. These were the first elections in which Greeks living abroad could exercise...

The Greek diaspora is voting for the general election on Saturday, one day before polling stations open in Greece. These are the first elections in which Greeks living abroad can exercise their right to vote from their place of residence,...

The Greek diaspora will be mostly absent from the parliamentary elections of May 21, as only 27,579 out of millions of Greeks residing all over the world have applied to vote. This is a fiasco for the government and political...

Greek lawmakers will vote on Monday evening on a list of constitutional changes which include granting the right to vote to diaspora Greek citizens. There was intense political disagreement in the five-day debate at the plenary as well as at...

Greek Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos presented the final bill concerning the right of Greeks living abroad to vote at the plenary session of Parliament on Thursday evening. The text, which included improvements on the original draft, was presented at the...

Speaking to ANT1 TV and journalist Nikos Chatzinikolaou, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday evening that he is ready to compromise on the issue of Greek expats' right to vote from their place of residence. ''We are trying...