George Katrougalos

The leader of the leftist SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras, along with the party's senior officials, are busy analyzing the reasons behind their landslide defeat in the legislative elections held on May 21. This process of introspection is expected to continue even after the second ballot on June 25.

At New Democracy HQ, satisfaction over the wider than expected winning margin was evident.

Party officials told Kathimerini that a 4-year effort was vindicated as was the way New Democracy conducted its election campaign.

An early, instant analysis can point to three factors that led to New Democracy's historic win.

Main opposition party SYRIZA announced on Thursday that MP George Katrougalos would not be running in national elections on Sunday, following statements he made in a television interview.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will brief representatives of the opposition parties on Thursday on the recent defense and foreign policy cooperation agreement and the Joint Declaration of Strategic Partnership signed by Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week.

The meeting is part of the regular briefing of parliamentary parties on current foreign policy issues.

Greece's National Council for Foreign Policy was convening on Wednesday to brief opposition parties about Turkey's activities and the ministry's new plan operational plan.

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos will visit three countries in the Persian Gulf from April 30 to May 3 to discuss developments in the region and the Eastern Mediterranean, the foreign ministry said in a press release on Monday.

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos met with US Senator Robert Menendez on Tuesday to discuss US-Greek relations, a bill on US strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean and developments in Venezuela, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA.

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos will visit Paris on Wednesday for talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
The two officials will discuss issues of regional and international interest, including the situation in Syria and Libya and the European prospects of Western Balkan countries.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived at the royal palace in Amman, where he was welcomed by King Abdullah, Jordan, shortly before noon.

Tsipras is attending the Second Cyprus-Greece-Jordan summit. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will also attend.

The three countries' foreign ministers met earlier Sunday.

In a message to Greeks on the occasion of the country's March 25 national holiday, which marks the start of the 1821 Greek revolution against Ottoman rule, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday issued a message noting the strategic nature of US-Greek relations.