elections

The high abstention rate is not the only problem in Greek elections, but at least the 30,000 dead people still on the voting lists have a valid excuse. According to the Ministry of Interior, although 70,000 people died between May and December...

According to Greek news, the Greek Prime Minister’s close associates are suggesting that national elections take place in May alongside the regional and European elections. Seeing the coalition crumbling, while Antonis Samaras' poll numbers are not the worst, his colleagues are proposing that...

Greek-Australian Kyriakos Koliadis, is one of the founders of "Seniors United NSW" that will take part in the elections of the largest Australian state, held within 2014. "The state does not care about  pensioners, which constitute a large part of...

All the relevant Greek ministries have decided to discharge the Greek diaspora from charges related to evading military service so as to enable voting in the forthcoming elections in May. In particular, Interior Minister Giannis Michelakis and Deputy Defense Minister Fofi Gennimata issued a joint...

The Greek Minister of Interior, Yiannis Michelakis announced his intent on lifting the ban on the publication of opinion polls fifteen days before the elections. During a radio interview, Yiannis Michelakis said that within the next few days, the Greek Ministry of...

“Greek European Citizens” is the name of Jorgo Chatzimarkakis’ new party for the upcoming European Parliament elections, as announced on Thursday. The 47-year-old MEP was born in Duisburg in Germany but is of Greek descent. For ten years he was...

  The Australian Hellenic Council of Perth elected a new board of directors. Taking part in the elections were representatives from the fifteen Hellenic organizations of West Australia. The elections were held in the board room of the Greek Community in...

Under the pall of scandals in the municipalities of Montreal and Laval , the municipal elections which include many Greek nominations, will be held on November 3.    In the municipality of Montreal, Denis Coderre’s party has two Greek candidates, Mary...

After the official statements of Nikos Michaloliakos, the political developments are moving rapidly and the elections remain a possibility. The leader of the Golden Dawn stressed that they will exhaust all legal means, and he didn’t exclude, nor confirm the...

John Howard’s former economic adviser, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, has been promoted into the finance portfolio by opposition leader Tony Abbott, through the creation of a trade and investment super-ministry, in a dramatic restructure of his economic team should the...