Prokopis Pavlopoulos
The Erdogan visit, a different choreography
A lot has been said and written comparing the very different visits paid to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, both taking place on December 7, the previous one in 2017 and the most recent one in 2023.
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Battle royal expected in Parliament as parties prepare to debate, probe wiretapping scandal
Former President Prokopis Pavlopoulos admitted to hospital for Covid treatment for precautionary reasons
Pavlopoulos is vaccinated
First woman president of the Hellenic Republic takes office
Katerina Sakellaropoulos was sworn in today as president of the Hellenic Republic.
The moderate, progressive, rights-oriented jurist is the first woman to hold the country's highest office and was until her election in parliament serving as president (again the first woman) of the Council of State, the country's supreme administrative court.
New president to be sworn in Thursday in pared down ceremony
Greece's president-elect, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, is to be sworn in on Thursday in a simplified ceremony in Parliament, with few officials present, to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus.
Athens rebuffs Cavusoglu’s comments on Muslim minority
Athens on Tuesday rebuffed comments by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu who referred to the Muslim minority in Western Thrace as a "Turkish minority."
Transforming New Democracy
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is out to transform New Democracy from a center-right party with clear references to the traditional parliamentary Right, into a centrist, liberal political party. The idea is to turn ND into a party with loose ideological principles which will nevertheless be capable of securing majorities in Parliament by making the requisite adjustments.
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2020 Delphi Economic Forum launches on March 5
Over 500 speakers and some 3,000 participants representing 32 countries are expected to attend the 2020 Delphi Economic Forum, organizers said on Wednesday, an annual event held at the city of Delphi between March 5 and 8.
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First female president elected with large majority
Top judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou was comfortably elected Greece's first female president on Wednesday, wining the support of 261 out of 294 MPs present in Parliament.
The 63-year-old president of the Council of State will replace incumbent Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose five-year term ends in mid-March.
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With a nod from Parliament, Greece gets first female president
Top judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou became Greece's first woman president on Wednesday when lawmakers elected her head of state in a rare display of unity.
Sakellaropoulou, 63, has been president of the Council of State, Greece's top administrative court. She will succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose five-year term expires in March.