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Hello, now we knew it, we wrote about it, but who believed us? Stefanos is still here, but it’s like he’s not here at all; poor guy got swallowed up by vested interests. Even the last “pillars” of Democracy—Liagas and Kainourgiou, who supported him—have started to…waver, kind of erased him.

New Democracy MEP Fredi Beleri has been pelted with yogurt and eggs by unknown assailants outside the Albanian parliament in Tirana.

Beleri, an ethnic Greek born in Albania, was in the Albanian capital as part of a delegation from the European Parliament to assess Albania's progress towards European Union membership.

A meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that was scheduled to be held today in Tirana as part of a visit by a European Parliament delegation to monitor Albania’s EU accession process was cancelled.

A much-anticipated meeting between Fredi Beleri, an MEP from Greece's New Democracy party, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana will not take place, Kathimerini understands.

On October 27, 2024, Bulgarians will head to the polls for early parliamentary elections. These are the seventh such elections in the last three years and the second to take place in 2024, following the June 9 vote, which coincided with the European Parliament elections.

Clocks are going back one hour to Standard Time from summer Daylight Savings Time this Sunday, October 27.

At 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, clocks must therefore be set back one hour to read 3 a.m. in the morning.

Counting down the time for time change. Sunday 27 October is the end of the daylight saving time measure, in accordance with a directive of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU.

Clocks will go back one hour, from 04:00am to 03:00am

Why do we adjust the clocks?

The time change for the winter of 2024-2025 is approaching, marking the end of daylight saving time.

On Sunday, October 27, 2024, clocks will be turned back one hour, from 4:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., giving us an extra hour of sleep. This change follows the European Union directive on daylight saving time.

Greece's Personal Data Protection Authority (PDPA) on Tuesday imposed a 40,000-euro fine on the ruling New Democracy (ND) party for not taking adequate measures to protect the personal data of hundreds of Greeks living abroad following an investigation into the "email-gate" scandal.