Updated: Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage
Updated: 10:45am (AEDT) Athens, Greece AP Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the influential, socially conservative Greek Church. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted late Thursday in favour of the landmark bill drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ‘ center-right government. Another […]
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 […]