Greek conservatives storm to victory in repeat election
Athens, Greece Reuters Greece’s conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as Prime Minister. With most votes counted, centre-right New Democracy was leading with 40.5 per cent of the vote and 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament, interior ministry figures […]
Greece’s ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority
Athens, GreeceReuters Greece’s ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election in a month more likely. With most votes counted, conservative New Democracy took a commanding lead of 40.8 […]
ORTHODOX CHURCH: GREEKS BRIDLE AT HISTORIC DEAL TO SPLIT CHURCH FROM STATE
NIKOLIA APOSTOLOU, of Religion News Service, reports from Athens…