Manolis Kefalogiannis

Mitsotakis at Rigillis: “Let’s Give New Democracy Three Consecutive Terms in Government” (update)

“Today is dedicated to all New Democrats – we honor both those present and those absent. The gift New Democracy asks of us on its birthday is to build the future even faster.”

New Democracy returns to its historic headquarters on Rigillis Street to mark 50 years of existence.

MEP Kefalogiannis elected chair of EU-Turkey parliamentary body

New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis was on Thursday elected chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). 

The JPC is a collaborative body established to facilitate dialogue and cooperation between the European Union and Turkey in the context of Turkey's candidacy for membership in the bloc.

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.