Greek presidential election

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

The head of the Roman Catholic Church accepted the invitation of President Sakellaropoulou

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet Monday.

The meeting will take place at 11 am, at the President's office.

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Greek politicians on Monday paid their respects to Constantinos Stephanopoulos, a veteran conservative politician who served two terms as president of Greece from 1995-2005, after his death on Sunday aged 90.

A statement from the Henry Dunant Hospital said Stephanopoulos was admitted Thursday and died at 11:18 p.m. (2118 GMT) from "complications of pneumonia."

Outgoing President of Republic Karolos Papoulias will receive Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday at 12:00.

It should be noted that the vote for the election of the new President of Republic is to be held on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m.

 President has been taking advice from constitutional experts on his options

Greece?s President Karolos Papoulias appears determined that the new Parliament to emerge from the January 25 elections will choose his successor, even if a government is not formed.

In his final New Year’s message as president of the republic, Karolos Papoulias called for Greece’s political parties to show unity.

“National unity is necessary for success,” he said.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Thursday expressed his hope that the current Parliament would elect his successor and avoid leading the country to an early election. The president’s comments came during a meeting with the leader of To Potami, Stavros Theodorakis, at the Presidential Mansion.