Stavros Theodorakis

Kaminis to remain mayor if he is voted party leader

Giorgos Kaminis said Wednesday he will stay on as Athens mayor even if he is elected leader of Greece's new center-left party in November.

"If I am elected head of the center-left [party] I will not leave the Athens municipality as I was elected for a specific tenure and my political identity was known," Kaminis told Skai on Wednesday.

Theodorakis officially joins center-left leadership race

To Potami chief Stavros Theodorakis has officially announced his candidacy for the leadership election of Greece's new center-left party in November.

"I have decided to play a leading role in the creation of a new, big, progressive movement," Theodorakis says in a 3-minute campaign video made public on Friday.

Opposition criticizes ex-Supreme Court president's posting to PM's legal service

Greece's main opposition party, New Democracy, on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the appointment of recently retired Supreme Court president Vassiliki Thanou to the head of the prime minister's legal department, calling the decision a "dark page for democracy."

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