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The current US elections are of increased interest to Greece. In addition to electing a new president, Americans are electing, always by a majority system, the new 435 members of the House of Representatives, representing an equal number of constituencies in the country, and 33 senators, one-third of the members of the Senate.

Vesela Cherneva, deputy director of the European Council for Foreign Policy, commented on the voting tendencies within the Bulgarian diaspora in the United States during an appearance on NOVA NEWS. She noted a lack of a unified Bulgarian vote, highlighting that while the diaspora on the west coast leans strongly Democratic, many in Chicago and the east coast are supportive of Donald Trump.

Given how Greece's defense and foreign policy strategies are tightly interwoven with Washington, the outcome of the US presidential election is of paramount interest to Athens.

North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Tuesday, Seoul's military reported, marking Pyongyang's second launch in days and occurring just hours before Americans vote for a new president.

The State Department confirmed yesterday (Sunday) to Agence France-Presse that it is gathering information on the case of an American-Iranian journalist allegedly being held at Iran.

"NATO will be more important in the next 75 years than it has been in the last 75," NATO's former supreme allied commander Europe (2013-2016) General Philip Breedlove tells Kathimerini.

As the countdown begins for the election of the new American president, the global focus is on the unfolding events in Washington, including significant attention from Russia.

Like every other government, Greece's is closely following Tuesday's US presidential election and its possible repercussions for global relations and diplomacy.

Regardless of whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins, Greek officials do not see any great resets, or upheavals, in bilateral relations with the United States or in the Ankara-Athens-Washington triangle.

It’s not just Americans who are currently, the day before the US election season draws the curtain, anxious about the day ahead.

At the forefront of developments in the US is protothema.gr, which with three correspondents at the heart of events, covers the US elections minute by minute.

With live links, interviews, reports and analyses, protothema.gr attempts to convey to its readers all aspects of the developments from the American capital.