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Mitsotakis congratulates Moldovan president on re-election
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has congratulated Moldova's pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, on her re-election, saying Greece stands with her country as it moves forward on its European Union path.
New Left gearing up for inaugural congress
The newly-formed New Left party is gearing up for its inaugural congress, set to take place Thursday at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliro.
The party, a SYRIZA offshoot created after Stefanos Kasselakis assumed control of the main opposition party last September, over the weekend elected over 1,400 delegates through local organizations across Greece and abroad.
People wronged by justice to be able to seek damages
The Justice Ministry is drafting a bill that, for the first time, will allow individuals to claim damages from the wrongful administration of justice. It took a particular case and two condemnations from the European Court of Human Rights for the state to take this step.
US elections 2024: Greek diaspora weigh in on key issues, hopes, and pathways towards victory to protothema.gr
They live, work, and prosper far from Greece, but as they have consistently emphasized, our country is the biggest part of their hearts. Apart from the “cuteness”, they have a dream to be able to help our country in a meaningful way and also to give a new dimension to the term “homogeneity.”
Will US election affect ties with Greece?
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.
Albania aims to join the EU by 2030, prime minister tells expatriates in Thessaloniki
Albania hopes to join the European Union by 2030, Prime Minister Edi Rama told a crowd of some 2,000 supporters at a hotel in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Sunday.
Rama also promised that the numerous Albanian expatriates will be able for the first time to mail in their ballots in the next general election, set to take place in Spring 2025.
SYRIZA elections: Decisive 65%-35% victory amid confusion, Kasselakis’s influence in question
With conflicting results to the end and in an episodic manner, the election of Syriza’s Syriza Progressive Alliance’s first, powerful internal party crash test, as the majority and “Casselistas” faced off in the most decisive ballot box since that of Alexis Tsipras’s succession in September 2023.
US Elections: How Athens is preparing for a Harris presidency or a Trump return
It’s not just Americans who are currently, the day before the US election season draws the curtain, anxious about the day ahead.
Thessaloniki: Albanian PM Edi Rama calls Greece a strategic partner – Affirms respect for Greek people – Firm stance on “Northern Epirus” issue
At today’s speech by Endi Rama at a central hotel in Thessaloniki included announcements for Albanians living in Greece.
According to rthess.gr, the Albanian prime minister announced that Albanian teachers who live in Greece and teach Albanian to children will join a program and will receive payment from the Albanian state.
US Elections 2024 – Mike Manatos: 40,000 people in seven states will determine the outcome
Mike Manatos is the successor to a veritable “dynasty” of Greeks who have been at the side of Presidents in the United States for at least 85 years. The distinguished lawyer and expert on lobbying issues in the U.S.
protothema.gr in the US for the elections: Security measures, Blair House and the polls
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.
Kasselakis: I call for an end to the games now
Stefanos Kasselakis has raised new concerns over alleged irregularities in the SYRIZA delegate election process.
Harris and Trump rally in Milwaukee as they make final Wisconsin push
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump converged on Milwaukee on Friday night during their final scheduled visits to Wisconsin, a battleground state where neither of them has a lead and which is considered particularly essential to a Harris victory.
Trump’s controversial comment on Antetokounmpo: “Who’s more Greek, him or me”
Not even NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo escaped the racial rhetoric of Donald Trump. Just days before the election, Trump questioned the Greek identity of the NBA player, comparing it to his nonexistent connection to Greece.
Manufacturing output rises, but orders fall
The manufacturing sector's purchasing managers' index (PMI) appears to have improved in Greece, but S&P Global that compiles it seems particularly concerned about the course of the sector, given the decline in new orders.
According to what S&P Global announced on Friday, the PMI index in Greece stood at 51.2 points in October, up from 50.3 points in September.