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While the world feels numb from the ramifications of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, all eyes are turning to the United States for today's 58th presidential election, probably the most important in the post-war years. What is certain...

Official results in Cyprus show the country's president Nicos Anastasiades has been re-elected to another five-year term, defeating the left-leaning independent Stavros Malas. He has been congratulated by his rival for his win. With all the votes counted, the incumbent conservative...

The election campaign for the Cyprus presidency continues complete with bitter accusations and counter-accusations of the worst kind – the knives are out! Personally, I made up my mind long ago and I will join thousands of other citizens...

The start of 2018 marks the opening of the Cyprus presidential race. Cypriot citizens all over the world will be voting for the country's president for the next five years. A total of 38 voting centres will operate around the...

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has made it publicly known that the elections which will appoint the new president of the federation will take place on September 14 in Athens, in a conference where all its 55...

New Democracy, Greece's main political opposition has yet to decided when it will go ahead with its postponed presidential elections. The party's parliamentary group convened today, ahead of the discussion of the yearly budget in the Greek parliament. New Democracy's interim president Yiannis...

With less than 24 hours remaining until the the first Presidential ballot, here is what the Greek Constitution entails for the election of the President of the Hellenic Republic. According to Article 31, to be eligible for election to the...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will announce the name of the candidate for president of the Hellenic republic this weekend. The presidential election procedure has been pushed back due to negotiations on the debt issue. According to information from close associates...

Greeks are awaiting the announcement of the new cabinet, however another issue that is being widely discussed is the candidate that the new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will propose for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic. Several...

Three days before the crucial third parliament voting on the new President of the Greek Republic the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has come to the conclusion that he will not be able to gather more than 174-175 votes, therefore...

In the turmoil of the second unsuccessful ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, international media have yet again turned their eyes to the Greek Parliament. The numbers simply do not add up, they estimate,...

Each deputy will be faced with the Greek people’s anxiety in the third round of the election for a President of the Republic, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said after the end of the second round. Samaras also called on...

The second round of voting concluded with a negative result on the election of a new Greek President by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. The only candidate nominated by the coalition government partners, New Democracy and PASOK,...

The first act of the Greek presidential election drama was so predictable that if it was played in an actual theater, the audience would have left yawning, asking for their money back. Even the Golden Dawn gang -- who...

The results of the first ballot in the presidential election left Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with a bitter taste. Predictions by the coalition that Stavros Dimas would get up to 167 votes in the first ballot proved to be...