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Greek Diaspora Vote Law Leads to Fiasco Ahead of Greece Elections
The Greek diaspora will probably be absent from the general election in Greece scheduled to be held after April, as only 3,500 Greeks living abroad have registered to vote thus far.
This is a fiasco for the government and political...
Greek news
The Day Terrorists Assassinated Greek Politician Pavlos Bakoyannis
It was September 26, 1989 when former publisher and New Democracy MP Pavlos Bakoyannis was assassinated by three members of the November 17 terrorist group outside his office in downtown Athens.
It was a dastardly crime which shook Greece's political world...
Crime
Greece’s Spy Service Tapped 15,700 Phones: Targets Secret
Greece's phone tapping scandal is growing after a journalist revealed that the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was tracking 15,700 other devices.
This came in testimony to a parliamentary committee from EYP's former chief Panagiotis Kontoleon, Reuters said. The news led...
Greek News
Greek PM Mitsotakis Drops Clearest Hint Yet of Snap Elections
On Tuesday, Greece's PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis dropped the clearest hint yet that he is considering holding a snap general election almost a year before it's due.
The conservative premier said that although his intention is to stay in power until...
Greek News
Karamanlis: The Leader Who Dominated Post-World War II Greece
Karamanlis, who passed away on April 23, 1998 at the age of 91, was the man chosen to pull Greece out of 7 years of a dictatorship in 1974.
Greece
Greece Joined NATO 70 Years Ago, on Febuary 18, 1952
It was on this day in 1952 that Greece joined NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), establishing its place in the West
Greek News
Prominent Greek Politician Dora Bakoyannis Reveals Cancer Diagnosis
Greek politician Dora Bakoyannis revealed on Monday that she has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, but she declares that she intends to keep on working.
Bakoyannis, the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Greek News
Is There a Neo-Nazi Comeback in Greece?
The events that marked Greece in the last few days raise the question whether neo-Nazis are making a comeback in the country
Greek News
Greek Minister Apologizes for Auschwitz Remark
A newly appointed Greek minister apologized to the Jewish community for a remark he made in 2009 about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Thanos Plevris, a lawyer, who became Minister for Health after Tuesday's cabinet reshuffle said on Wednesday that the...
Diaspora
Greek Left Votes Down Bill to Remove Diaspora’s Voting Restrictions
Greek leftist parties voted against an amendment that would have removed all restrictions for the Diaspora to vote in national elections.