Greece’s Parliament Fails to Elect President After Second Round

Greece’s parliament has failed to elect a new president of the Republic in the second of four rounds of voting on Friday. The conservative government’s nominee, Konstantinos Tasoulas, received 160 votes, falling 40 short of the 200 needed for an outright win. Tasoulas received the same number of votes in the first round on January […]

Greek lawmakers fail to elect new president in first round of voting

cyprus-mail.com - 25/Jan 10:38

Greek lawmakers failed to elect a new president in a first round of voting on Saturday. A majority of 200 votes in the 300-seat parliament was needed...

Greece presidential election: Signs of a conservative swing?

- 24/Jan 13:14

Rather than stay with Greece's current progressive president, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has bucked the trend, picking a candidate from his...

Greece Elects Nikitas Kaklamanis as President of Parliament

greekreporter.com - 22/Jan 13:20

Greece’s Parliament elected the New Democracy MP for Athens Nikitas Kaklamanis as the new President of the chamber on Wednesday, with Kaklamanis...

Trump Likely To Get First Cabinet Member Confirmed On First Day In Office

dailywire.com - 19/Jan 12:16

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the State Department may be on track for a Monday confirmation vote on Trump’s first day in office....

Micheál Martin Becomes Irish Prime Minister For Second Time

eurasiareview.com - 24/Jan 00:51

By Nicholas Wallace (EurActiv) -- Ireland's parliament, the Dáil, nominated Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin as prime minister for the second time...

Kyrgyzstan: Repressive New Religion Law In Force – Analysis

eurasiareview.com - 00:40

By Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram On 21 January, President Sadyr Japarov signed into law two new laws which continue to restrict freedom of...

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Economic growth projections a boon for Second Republic

herald.co.zw - 19/Jan 22:04

WITH rains now falling after a late start to the season, Zimbabwe’s economic growth is expected to hit 6,2 percent this year according to the World...