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It was announced on Thursday that the first Parliamentary vote to elect the next Greek President will take place on Wednesday, January 22. According to the recently-amended Greek Constitution, the first vote requires a 2/3 majority for a candidate to...

The decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday to propose a female candidate for the President of the Hellenic Republic sent shock waves through the male-dominated Greek political system -- and society itself. Mitsotakis proposed Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, first female...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in a televised message on Wednesday evening that his ruling New Democracy party will propose Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou as a candidate for the position of President of the Republic. PM Mitsotakis announced the candidate following...

Prokopios Pavlopoulos, the President of the Hellenic Republic, recently sent his official Christmas message to all the Greeks around the world who are not currently living in their homeland. President Pavlopoulos began his message by saying that he is very proud...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, told reporters on Tuesday morning that he intends to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London, concurrent with the NATO summit which will take place there on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Turkish...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Thursday that he will open the gates for migrants to flow freely into the European Union if he doesn't get what he is asking for in Syria. The Turkish president made his remarks...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Cyprus on Monday morning, where he held a formal meeting with the President of the Republic of the island, Nicos Anastasiades. Following a tradition that has lasted for decades, which dictates that the...

Members of the European Parliament narrowly backed Ursula von der Leyen as the next President of the European Commission on Tuesday, making her the first woman to hold Europe’s top job. Germany's defence minister was confirmed as the successor to...

Greece's President, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, met with a group of Greek American students in the Presidential Mansion of Athens on Monday. The group of students from the American-Hellenic Institute was headed by Nick Larigakis, the Chairman and Executive Director of the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Monday afternoon to ask him to officially dissolve the Greek Parliament. In a long-lasting tradition, Greek Premiers visit the President in the Presidential Palace in Athens...