Konstantinos Karamanlis

Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania sentenced to two years in prison in March for vote-buying, is unlikely to be a candidate for the European Parliament with Greece's ruling party, New Democracy, in June's European Parliament election, Kathimerini understands. 

The spokesperson of New Democracy (ND) targeted the two parties in that they did not vote in favour of the additional funding for Greece from the Recovery Fund

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.

The Prime Minister’s dialogue with students at Aristotelous – New Democracy places special emphasis on Northern Greece ahead of the European elections.

The three-day parliamentary debate on a no-confidence motion against the government will be concluded on Thursday night with a roll-call vote.

The motion was tabled by socialist PASOK and backed by SYRIZA, New Left, communist KKE and nationalist Greek Solution.

The result of the vote is a foregone conclusion given the majority enjoyed in Parliament by ruling New Democracy.

The government's former transport minister, Kostas Karamanlis, dismissed accusations that he is shirking responsibility for the February 2023 Tempe railway disaster during a debate in Parliament on a no-confidence motion against the administration over its handling of the deadly crash.

Triantopoulos: there were no orders for the development of the area in Tempi - Today the intervention of Kostas Karamanlis, tomorrow, the Prime Minister's statement

The rise of the far right nationalist party Greek Solution is attracting the interest of many who follow Greek politics, especially due to its approach to issues like Athens' support for Ukraine. If Greek Solution's growing appeal in the opinion polls continues ahead of European elections in June, it could even end up in third place.

A man injured in the Tempe train crash which killed 57 people on February 28, 2023, has sued then-transport minister Kostas Karamanlis, adding to an already heavy dossier of charges.

The ruling party, New Democracy (ND), maintains its leading position despite a slight decrease to 29.5%, as revealed by a public poll conducted by SKAI TV and Pulse in the final week of February. Meanwhile, the main opposition party, leftist SYRIZA, and the social democratic party, PASOK, are tied for second place at 12%.