Kyriakos Velopoulos

A number of Greek political figures have taken to social media to welcome Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.

Panos Kammenos, the former leader of Independent Greeks which formed a government coalition with leftist SYRIZA from 2015 to 2019, tweeted "Make Greece great again," in a clear reference to Trump's election slogan.

The former prime minister accompanied his request with a supplementary memorandum that includes new data revealed in Parliament, suggesting that these specific witnesses, along with their lawyer Pavlos Sarakis, had financial benefits from the Novartis case, an element that is incompatible with their protection status.

Mr. Samaras’s Statement:

The far-right Greek Solution expelled MP Pavlos Sarakis on Tuesday. The party, which won fourth place in the recent European Parliament elections, issued a statement citing "arrogance, ingratitude, lack of moderation, and disparaging behavior towards colleagues" as reasons for Sarakis' expulsion.

The far-right vote in the European Parliament election was especially strong in Greece. And nowhere was it stronger than in the northern regional unit of Pella.

There, the hard-right populist Greek Solution achieved one of its best results: second place, with 17.28% of the vote, almost double its national score (9.30%).

The Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Georgia Adilini, sent a request on Friday to the Athens prosecutor's office asking to investigate allegations of fraud during the recent European elections made by the leader of the nationalist Greek Solution (Elliniki Lysi) party, Kyriakos Velopoulos, and a former New Democracy MEP, Georgios Kyrtsos.

There are two definite conclusions from Sunday's European elections. Ruling New Democracy (ND) lost big and nationalist, pro-Russian Greek Solution won big. The percentages secured by all parties seem to imply a further shift of the ideological-political axis to the right.

Archbishop Ieronymos, the leader of the influential Orthodox Church of Greece, on Friday denounced threats made by a nationalist party leader against deputies of the ruling New Democracy party.

Konstantinos Floros (center), an independent MP, formerly with the far-right Spartiates party, is led out of the plenary session by the Parliament guard on Wednesday after physically assaulting Greek Solution MP Vassilis Grammenos during a debate over a defamation lawsuit.

Konstantinos Floros, independent lawmaker - formerly with far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party - was detained on Wednesday following a physical attack against another lawmaker in Parliament, during a debate over a defamation lawsuit. 

A former lawmaker with far-right Spartiates party punched another MP in the face on Wednesday during a tense argument in Parliament over a defamation lawsuit.