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SYRIZA’s rough weekend: Greece’s main opposition breaks up

Following several weeks of tensions, a left-wing faction within SYRIZA, Greece's main opposition, announced on Sunday that it was peeling off, accusing newly elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis of "Trumpian practices" and abandoning the party's core left-wing ideology for a sort of "right-wing populism."

PASOK requests creation of parliamentary committee for Tempi fatal train collision

PASOK requested the creation of a parliamentary committee that would carry out a preliminary investigation into the fatal Tempi train collision that occurred in central Greece earlier this year.

The 20-page document, signed by party leader Nikos Androulakis and PASOK's entire parliamentary group, was sent to Parliament President Constantine Tassoulas.

Mitsotakis and Christodoulides to take part in inaugural Greece-Cyprus High-Level Cooperation Council

After jointly attending the humanitarian conference convened by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides returned to Athens for the inaugural Greece-Cyprus High-Level Cooperation Council. The Council is scheduled to commence at 12 p.m., with joint press statements to follow.

Greek Parliament approves Igoumenitsa, Thessaloniki port bills

The Greek Parliament's plenary debated and approved two ratification bills on Tuesday evening, one for the port of Igoumenitsa in western Greece and one amending the concession for the port of Thessaloniki.

Both ratification bills were included in a bill by the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy.

SYRIZA candidate making waves

A new, slick entry into the succession race for the leadership of the main opposition party SYRIZA is threatening to upstage other candidates.

With a four-minute-and-20-second video and a 560-word text, 35-year-old Stefanos Kasselakis gave the stamp of his candidacy for the SYRIZA presidency, bidding to step outside the narrow party geographic boundaries.

Government officials to survey fire-affected areas in Evros

A government delegation embarked on a visit to assess the areas affected by the fires in Evros, in northeastern Greece, on Monday.

Heading the delegation is State Minister Makis Voridis, who is joined by Citizen Protection Minister Ioannis Oikonomou, Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis, and Alternate Interior Minister Thodoris Livanios.

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