Greek presidential election

The Lighting Ceremony takes place in the presence of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou

This year New Democracy, Greece's ruling party, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. As the main political force of the center right, ND had been at the forefront of re-establishing democracy in 1974, under the leadership of Konstantinos Karamanlis who returned from exile that year and founded the party.

New Left, the party created out of a split in the main opposition SYRIZA party, will hold an organizing meeting on January 12-13.

The meeting, to be held in Athens, will draw up a founding declaration and prepare a conference, to be held in late February, where the party's governing bodies will presumably be elected.

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Greece's new Parliament was sworn in on Monday, following the general elections held on June 25. The ceremony took place in the presence of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Following the religious oath, Muslim members of Parliament swore on the Quran, while those who preferred to do so, took the political oath.

SYRIZA's political secretariat has decided to propose a late August date for the left-wing party's Congress, with the aim of electing a new leader by early September.

Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday that he will step down as leader after 15 years and that he will not be a candidate for his own succession.

The members of Greece's new government take the oath during a swearing-in ceremony attended by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Tuesday. Center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' cabinet was sworn in as his New Democracy party had 40.55%, more than twice the opposition SYRIZA party's 17.84% after Sunday's election.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis described his re-election as prime minister a "special honor" that will provide him with a four-year horizon to implement reforms, in a meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday morning.

The official results of June 25 election was delivered on Monday morning to the House Speaker, Konstantinos Tassoulas, by the acting Minister of the Interior, Kalliopi Spanou.

After a brief meeting at Parliament, Tassoulas will head to the Presidential Palace to deliver the results to the President, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

President Sakellaropoulou said it was an honour the receive the Pope