Left-wing politics
Greek MEP Accused of Sexual Harassment Resigns from SYRIZA Party
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said on Monday that the Belgian authorities have asked for the lifting of MEP Alexis Georgoulis' parliamentary immunity after it emerged that a sexual harassment complaint has been made against him.
SYRIZA MEP resigns from party following sexual harassment allegations
A Member of the European Parliament for SYRIZA has resigned from the main opposition party after parliamentary authorities received a request to lift his immunity as an MEP as part of an investigation into alleged sexual harassment dating back to three years ago.
Alexis Georgoulis denies the allegation.
Top court appoints rapporteur for writing HDP report on closure case
The Constitutional Court has tasked a rapporteur for penning the report on the closure case of the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) after the party refused to make a verbal defense before the court on April 11.
Special Court: SYRIZA planned to control media
There was a plan by the SYRIZA-led government to acquire and control media, according to the multi-page reasoning of the Special Court, published on Monday, that led to the conviction of ex-minister Nikos Pappas to two years in prison over his handling of a 2016 TV license tender.
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Election rivals ponder campaign tactics
The campaign for the May 21 parliamentary election will begin right after the Orthodox Easter, which falls on April 16 this year, and political parties are busy honing their media strategy, searching for catchy slogans and polling incessantly to gauge the mood of likely voters.
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The Bulgarian Socialists received less than 9% in the Elections - Their Leader blamed another Left Party
The question of changing the leadership in the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) does not stand. Party leader Kornelia Ninova will not resign, despite the historically poor result of Sunday's vote.
This became clear at the BSP's first briefing after the elections, in which the party received 8.94%.
Plenty of first-time voters, but will they show up?
A law passed by the previous leftist-led government giving the vote to people whose 17th birthday falls within the calendar year of an election, a year earlier than previously, means that people as young as 16 years and 5 months will be eligible to cast ballots. It also means a larger than usual cohort of new voters.
Poll shows ND-SYRIZA gap narrowing
The difference between ruling New Democracy and SYRIZA is down to 3.6 points, according to a poll conducted by Alco for Alpha TV between March 13 and 17 on a nationwide sample of 1,001 voters.
More specifically, New Democracy leads the pack regarding voter intentions with 28.4%, followed by leftist opposition SYRIZA with 24.8% and center-left PASOK in third with 9.3%.
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‘Nobody’ leading polls ahead of vote
The political landscape reflected in public opinion polls almost three weeks after the rail tragedy at Tempe is causing a commotion in the ranks of the country's political parties, as "nobody" has gained popularity among the burgeoning section of undecided voters: They shot up to 12.5% in the latest survey conducted by Pulse for Skai, from 9.5% just a month earlier.
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MİT ‘neutralizes’ senior PKK member
The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has "neutralized" a senior PKK member, the so-called finance manager of the terrorist organization in Aleppo and Tal Rifat, during an operation in northern Syria.
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