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According to Reuters, Kavelashvili, a former soccer player and leader of the anti-Western People’s Power faction, was elected with overwhelming support from the Georgian Dream-dominated electoral college

The poll also shows three parties – the Communist Party (KKE), and the right-wing Elliniki Lysi and Foni Logikis parties – tied in third place

The court said the decision was taken “in order to ensure the fairness and legality of the electoral process.”

The completion of the election process for the President of SYRIZA and the formalization of the foundation of Kasselakis’ new party brings to a close the cycle of party political realignments that began the day after the European elections. Party political, but not necessarily political. Because new formations and new faces (even if they’ve been […]

According to the Central Election Commission, with 98% of votes counted, Maia Sandu led with 54.35% to Alexandr Stoianoglo’s 45.65%

Recent polls firmly place Greece’s Social Democratic party in main opposition second place

Six candidates will be on the PASOK ballot, including incumbent Nikos Androulakis and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas

The European elections are a painless process in themselves, but this time round they paved the way for an electoral contest that could seriously disrupt European democracy. President Macron has called a general election, the French are voting in the first round today, and the latest polls show a clear lead for the unrepentant far-right […]

The 19th edition of The Global Risks Report was published in the wake of the World Economic Forum in Davos and brings together the ten most serious short-term global risks in order of severity. At the top were misinformation and disinformation. These two concepts are sure to be a concern in 2024, a bumper year […]

Postal voting, which will be available in the European elections for the first time this coming June, is a new procedure for the Greek authorities to administer. However, for members of the Greek diaspora who live in the US, it will seem far more familiar than one might imagine. Which shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Another 135 deputies of the main opposition and lesser opposition parties, ranging from the Communist Party (KKE) to the ultra-right Spartiates (Spartans), voted against

Allowing Greek citizens abroad the right to vote from their permanent or temporary residence has the ability to completely alter for the better the relationship between the Diaspora with the Greek state.

The draft legislation will give all registered voters the right to vote by mail-in ballot, whether they live in Greece or abroad.

"Taylor Swift, last September, made a plea on social media to young Americans to register to vote. The day after her post, 35,000 new Americans had registered to vote."