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Campaign for Greek election begins with dissolved parliament

The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the dissolution of the parliament that was elected in July 2019

The Independent UK

Greek president approves PM request for May 21 election

Greece's president approved a request by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday to dissolve parliament and hold elections on May 21, as the country gears for a vote that is unlikely to produce an outright winner.

Reuters

Greek PM kicks off general election countdown

Athens (AFP) - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the dissolution of parliament on Saturday, kicking off the countdown to general elections set for May 21.

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Egypt, Greece Discuss Boosting Cooperation within East Mediterranean Gas Forum

Egypt and Greece are in talks to boost cooperation within the East Mediterranean Gas Forum framework and the tripartite cooperation mechanism that brings the two countries together with Cyprus. The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

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Building fever grips Greece as tourism booms

Paros (Greece) (AFP) - It's early morning in the picturesque village of Naoussa on the Greek island of Paros, and jackhammers are already echoing as locals ready for what they hope will be a record tourist season.

AFP

Greece's prime minister makes border wall an election pledge

Greece’s prime minister has promised to extend a wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey

The Independent UK

Greece Dismantles Terrorist Cell Planning to Attack Jews, Israel Accuses Iran

The Greek police announced that they had dismantled a terrorist network and arrested two Pakistanis planning an attack against Jewish targets in Athens. A statement from the Greek police stated that after coordinating with the National Intelligence Service, the authorities dismantled a terrorist network planning abroad to launch strikes against…

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EXPLAINER: Greece gears for election on May 21, how the system works

ATHENS Reuters) - Greece will hold a parliamentary election in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, with the country gearing up for a vote which is unlikely to produce an outright winner immediately .

Reuters

Greeks to vote in parliamentary elections in May as PM's popularity slides

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm.

Reuters

Greek prime minister calls general election for May 21

Greece’s center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called a general election on May 21 in the aftermath of a train disaster that has reduced his party’s long-standing majority in opinion polls

The Independent UK

Violence in Greece over efforts to preserve ancient heritage of Mykonos

Attack on archaeologist in Athens is thought to be linked to developers’ ‘out-of-control’ clamour to exploit island

The Guardian - UK

Artist of the voting world: Albania’s PM Edi Rama mixes paint with politics

This week Rama debuts exhibition in Greece and will be first Albanian PM to visit 10 Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

Greek trains resume after rail disaster: operator

Athens (AFP) - Some intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation's worst rail disaster more than three weeks ago, operator Hellenic Train said.

AFP

Greek trains back on track after rail disaster: operator

Athens (AFP) - Intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation's worst rail disaster more than three weeks ago, operator Hellenic Train said.

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The Independent UK

After Greek rail disaster, trains gradually restart

Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago

Reuters

Greece to have elections in May, prime minister says

Greece will hold general elections in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a television interview on Tuesday.

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Greek intelligence allegedly uses Predator spyware to wiretap Facebook security staffer

A former Facebook employee in Greece, a US national, was allegedly placed under a wiretap by the country’s national intelligence service through Predator spyware. Artemis Seaford worked for Facebook between 2020 and 2022 as a trust and safety manager in Greece. She became suspicious of a potential hack after spotting…

AFP

Refugees protest tough Greek migration policy

Athens (AFP) - Hundreds of refugees protested against Greece's tough migration policies in Athens on Saturday, accusing the conservative government of "murdering" asylum seekers through illegal pushbacks.

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Greece sacks police chief after train tragedy protests

Athens (AFP) - Greece said Saturday it had sacked its national police chief, days after clashes between security forces and demonstrators broke out in the wake of the country's deadliest train tragedy.

AFP

'Serious' safety faults in Greek rail network: watchdog

Athens (AFP) - Greece's rail watchdog on Friday said a probe had uncovered serious signs of poor training among staff on duty during the country's deadliest train tragedy, which killed 57 people last month.

The Independent UK

Greece raises minimum wage to pre-bailout levels

Greece has announced an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing before sweeping cuts were imposed more than a decade ago during an international bailout

Evening Standard

Protesters clash with riot police in Greece during strike over deadly train disaster

Protesters threw petrol bombs at a police cordon near the Greek parliament

The Independent UK

Greek unions stage general strike over rail deaths

A general strike in Greece called in response to a rail disaster last month has grounded flights and extensively disrupted services with protests in cities across Greece planned

Reuters

Greek strike over deadly train crash to halt transport

Flights to and from Greece will be grounded and ships will remain docked at ports on Thursday, as Greek workers walk off the job to protest over the country's deadliest train crash on record which killed 57 people on Feb. 28.

The Independent UK

Calm after quake: Greek PM says tension with Turkey easing

Greece’s prime minister says the earthquake in Turkey and a recent train crash in Greece have helped to de-escalate tensions between the two neighboring countries

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