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Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick out of Greek parliament

The Greek election results, which saw the country’s opposition party New Democracy return to power have caused a stir. Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick, a candidate for …

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Makronissos, former prison island in Greece, declared archaeological site

The Greek island of Makronissos has been declared an area of archaeological interest. The decision was announced on Tuesday 2 July by the Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the Greek Culture …

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Greek Elections 2019: They showed up by horse and warship in strange attire and with smoke grenades

Voters across Greece turned up to vote on Sunday in the first parliamentary elections in the post-bailout era. Some went to extreme lengths to get to the ballots despite the …

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New Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a scion of one of Greece’s most influential political families

Greek Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a 51-year-old reformist lawmaker who became head of the conservative New Democracy party in January 2016. At a time when socialist PASOK crumbled …

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158 conservative seats in 300-member Greek Parliament, as voters turn backs on Golden Dawn

The conservative New Democracy Party has a clear mandate to govern with 40 per cent of the tally and 158 deputies, according to predictions of the Internal Affairs Ministry with …

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis gets strong four-year mandate as ‘a new day dawns’

Greece’s opposition New Democracy party returned to power after a landslide victory in the Greek 7 July elections. The conservative had a 39.6 per cent lead of the vote based …

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Greek leaders cast their votes: Here’s what they had to say

The ballots opened for Greek voters on Sunday for the first national election in the post-bailout era. A total of 21,478 polling stations opened at 7am and will close at …

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Three issues to determine Greek elections: austerity, refugees and the Prespes Agreement

Greeks head to the polls on Sunday and have a number of issues to mull over when casting their votes for the fifth time since 2010, and the first since …

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Boris Johnson’s sister mocks him for wanting everyone to speak English as they ‘spoke ancient Greek at home’

Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson has been criticised for remarks made at a hustings in Darlington on Friday. His own sister author Rachel Johnson mocked him for his claims that …

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Find out what’s new in Greek travel

Never before have the white-washed Greek villages cascading down hillsides and the sparkly waters of the Aegean been more accessible. Even as the country deals with a financial crisis, its …

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