Manolis Kefalogiannis
Nine new hands and 12 old ones heading to Strasbourg
With a few exceptions, Greeks chose people they knew to represent the country in the European Parliament on Sunday. They voted chiefly for existing MEPs, television presenters and career politicians. So who are the 15 men and six women headed to Strasbourg?
Mitsotakis contacts mayor-elect Beleri to congratulate him on his election in the EP
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis contacted the newly elected MEP Freddy Beleri in jail, on Monday, to congratulate him on his election in the European Parliament for his New Democracy party.
Beleri, who is the elected mayor of Himara, was sentenced to two years in jail after an Albanian court found him guilty of corruption charges.
Greek MEP decries ‘baseless’ incarceration of Himare mayor-elect
The conviction by the Albanian authorities of Himare mayor-elect Fredi Beleri is "flimsy and baseless," the chairman of the EU-Albania Joint Parliamentary Stabilization and Association Committee and New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis reiterated on Monday after visiting the jailed ethnic-Greek politician.
ND official to visit Albania and imprisoned mayor-elect Fredi Beleri
The chairman of the EU-Albania Joint Parliamentary Stabilization and Association Committee, New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis, is making an official visit to Albania.