Greece
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Greece PM eyes new polls for absolute majority after win
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his conservative party unleashed a “political earthquake” with a thumping win at Sunday’s election, as he hinted that he would seek a new ballot …
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Mitsotakis favourite as Greece heads to uncertain polls
Greece votes Sunday in a general election that could deliver a chaotic outcome, with the leading candidate, conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, unlikely to garner a lead wide enough to …
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Greece recovers hundreds of antiquities from art thief
Greece said it has recovered hundreds of looted Neolithic to Byzantine artefacts including a second century bronze statue of Alexander the Great from a notorious British antiquities dealer after a …
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‘Apathy and indifference’: Greece’s disillusioned voters
Greek elections have a reputation of being raucous affairs, with loud arguments at taverns or street protests – but the vibe is muted ahead of Sunday’s polls, as voters doubt …
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Greek rivals in final push before Sunday vote
Greece’s outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and leftist challenger Alexis Tsipras will make a final push for votes at closing rallies on Friday, ahead of the most uncertain general …
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British woman goes missing on Greek island of Kalymnos – family desperate for answers
A 75-year-old British woman, Susan Hart, has gone missing while visiting the Greek island of Kalymnos. She disappeared on April 30 after taking a ferry to the island of Telendos …
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Mistsotakis: a choice between ‘stability’ with New Democracy or ‘chaos’ if Syriza are elected
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday addressed citizens of Naoussa, and said that the issue was one of “stability v. chaos” ahead of Sunday’s national elections. Mitsotakis emphasised that …
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Main parties struggle to excite first-time Greek voters
They are Greece’s first-time voters, some as young as 16-years-old, who came of age during national bankruptcy, the Covid pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. Now they have a chance to …
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Greek PM, officials sued over rail tragedy by victims’ group
A group representing the 57 victims of the head-on collision of two trains in Greece last February said Tuesday that it had filed a criminal lawsuit against Prime Minister Kyriakos …
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Women still struggling with boys’ club of Greek politics
As the credits rolled on Greek television’s long-awaited election debate between the party leaders, one thing united them – they were all men. While the three battled for three hours …