Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations

Karamanlis rules out presidential role

Former prime minister Kostas Karamanlis decisively ruled out any possibility of running for the presidency of Greece, following recent speculation fueled by ex-PM Antonis Samaras. 

Speaking at a book presentation in Patra, Karamanlis emphasized, "While the suggestion honors me, I must clarify that the matter neither concerns nor interests me."

Greek PM lashes out at predecessors, says he ‘succeeded where they failed’

Alexis Tsipras "would have been a very happy prime minister" if he'd been elected to govern Greece a decade earlier, instead of finding "empty coffers" in 2015, he told Open TV on Thursday, lashing out at his predecessors in the wake of comments by former conservative premier Costas Karamanlis the previous day.