Stavros Dimas
Greece
Greek PM to Attempt to Influence Minor Opposition Parties Ahead of Third Presidential Ballot
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is processing his final strategies ahead of the final, third ballot for the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic. The speculation regarding the Greek Premier’s final move has dramatically risen since yesterday and...
Greece
All Eyes on the 25 Independent MPs Ahead of the Critical Third Greek Presidential Ballot
The number of independent MPs currently present in the Greek Parliament reached 25 today, after Niki Founta's departure from Democratic Left's (DIMAR) parliamentary group. In terms of numbers, this development means that, at the moment, the independent MPs consist the...
Greece
Votes of the Second Unsuccessful Greek Presidential Ballot
The Greek Parliament failed to elect a new President of the Hellenic Republic in the second consecutive ballot. Stavros Dimas, the only candidate for the Greek Presidency, nominated by the coalition government partners, New Democracy and PASOK, and Greek...
Greece
Statements of Party Leaders After 2nd Round of Greece ’s Presidential Election
Each deputy will be faced with the Greek people’s anxiety in the third round of the election for a President of the Republic, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said after the end of the second round.
Samaras also called on...
Greece
Greece ’s Presidential Election: Second Round Results Do Not Elect Stavros Dimas as Greek President
The second round of voting concluded with a negative result on the election of a new Greek President by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. The only candidate nominated by the coalition government partners, New Democracy and PASOK,...
Crime
Attempted Bribery Case of Greek MP Shelved by Prosecutor
The attempted bribery case involving financial adviser Giorgos Apostolopoulos and Greek MP Pavlos Chaikalis was shelved by the prosecutor due to inconclusive evidence.
At approximately 7:00 pm today, the case that shook Greece 's political scene during the last week, ended with appeals prosecutor Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos...
Greece
SYRIZA, ANEL, DIMAR Reject Greek PM Proposals
In an announcement released on Sunday evening, main opposition SYRIZA rejected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ public call for consensus and his proposal to broaden the government’s composition until the next national elections, to take place by the end...
Economy
First Act of Greek Presidential Election, Boring as Expected
The first act of the Greek presidential election drama was so predictable that if it was played in an actual theater, the audience would have left yawning, asking for their money back. Even the Golden Dawn gang -- who...
Greece
Greek Presidential Election: The Day After the 160 Votes
The results of the first ballot in the presidential election left Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with a bitter taste. Predictions by the coalition that Stavros Dimas would get up to 167 votes in the first ballot proved to be...
Greece
Behind the Scenes of the Greek Presidential Election
A total of 160 positive and 135 negative votes managed to attract the nomination of Stavros Dimas in the first open vote for the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic held at 7:30 pm in the Greek Parliament. According to article...