Decades

Patti Smith, a celebrated punk poet, singer and artist, will perform on the border between Slovenia and Italy in October in a prelude to the 2025 European Capital of Culture hosted by Nova Gorica and Gorizia.

The 5 October concert will be held at a new venue in place of a former border crossing known as Rožna Dolina (Valley of Roses) in Slovenian or Casa Rossa in Italian.

Following the results of the May 21 polls, where New Democracy party secured a resounding victory, the election period leading up to the second ballot is focusing on the individual parameters of the party programs.

Party staffs, meanwhile, are on the lookout for misstatements, verbal exaggerations or signs of ignorance from their political opponents.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis embarked on his second day of campaigning in the southern island of Crete, beginning with a visit to Mylopotamos in Rethymno. There, he urged voters to renew their confidence in the conservative party ahead of the repeat elections on June 25.

The UN court in The Hague is delivering its final verdict on Wednesday in the war crimes retrial of top Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, who have appealed against their 12-year sentences for involvement in wartime crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Two ISIL terrorists have been arrested as they were determined to be preparing for an attack on election day in the Central Anatolian province of Konya.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged the electorate to give his party an even higher percentage in the June 25 election, warning that the possible entry of more political parties to parliament will raise the bar for an absolute majority.

The European Parliament's legal affairs committee unanimously approved on Tuesday a recommendation to waiver of the immunity of MEP Alexis Georgoulis, who has been accused of rape and sexual abuse.

Türkiye, on May 29, called on all parties in northern Kosovo to return to dialogue and a sense of calm, as clashes between NATO troops and ethnic Serbs intensify.

"We follow the events in the north of Kosovo with concern. These events harm regional security and stability," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Konstantinos Tasoulas has been reelected as the speaker of Parliament with 270 votes.

Lawmakers from New Democracy, SYRIZA, PASOK, and Greek Solution voted in favor, while Communist Party (KKE) MPs voted "present."

In a roll call vote with 296 participating MPs, 270 voted "yes" and 26 voted "present."

Nikos Androulakis, the leader of PASOK, which came third in the May 21 elections, addressed the party's central political committee and new parliamentary group on Sunday. The meeting was attended by candidates and PASOK officials from all parts of Greece.