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According to official Interior Ministry returns, candidates supported by New Democracy secured a clear lead in six of the seven prefectural run-offs today

The entire economy has fallen victim to over-taxation, for which the government opted so to collect funds for electoral handouts at the end of its term.

Suffice it to say that the list of areas that pose an increased fire risk has not been updated since 1984.

George Gerapetritis, a constitutional law professor and top advisor to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, says that the Presidential Decree approving appointments made by the government can be annulled by the Council of State on constitutional grounds.

SYRIZA will “take into account the message of citizens by turning our attention to the future of Greek society while at the same time waging the battle of ideas in order to achieve the goal of victory in the general election”.

There are serious problems with Greece’s productive model and growth will be impossible without adhering to timely and deep reforms.

Article 29 (par. 3) of the Greek Constitution states that: “All types of activity for or against a political party are absolutely prohibited for judicial functionaries and all serving in the armed forces and security forces [police].”

The Greek Police Chief has also been spotted and photographed at political party gatherings in the provincial cities of Agrinio and Xanthi. Was he overseeing security as he sat in the first row there as well?

Olympiacos FC leader Evangelos Marinakis has once again has garnered the most votes of any candidate in the Piraeus City Council election of 26 May.

'Now that SYRIZA’s MEP was not [re-]elected, does anyone know if she will be going back to work? I am looking for a woman for general cleaning on Saturday and I still have not found one!' said Kostas Stefanidis. 

The exams involve tens of thousands of families, many of which must travel long distances to cast their ballots because they have chosen to retain their voting rights in their ancestral provinces.

The main opposition party chose not to outdo the government as regards promises of benefits and citizens appeared to have rewarded it for that prudent stance at the ballot box.

The decimation of the ruling party cannot be intrerpreted as a huge victory for the main opposition party.

Tsipras opted for a major gamble by framing the election as a referendum on his stimulus package and for the first time in nearly four years he lost the bet.

'The electoral result does not satisfy me and I will not ignore it…I cannot ignore it. The final verdict is always delivered by the people. I will not escape,' the PM said.

The looming question now is whether the PM will call a general election immediately or wait until October when his term ends in an effort to turn the tide.

Mitsotakis’ choice of Thessaloniki for his final outdoors campaign speech was linked to his staunch opposition to the Greece-North Macedonia Prespa Agreement, which is very unpopular there.

For the first time one faces the danger that a European Parliament with enhanced powers will not be controlled by either the EPP or the Socialists, the two blocks that laid the foundations of the European edifice.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis - whose brother-in-law and conservative MP Pavlos Bakoyannis was murdered by N17 in September, 1989 – said yesterday that he will respect and not comment on any ruling by the high court but that if he comes to power he will change the law

It would be no exaggeration to say that now more than ever in the past the education system is being used as a tool of clientelism.

The investigating magistrate is responsible for coordinating efforts to track down the other culprits and commence criminal proceedings.

What firefighting plan can be implemented when firefighting patrol cars are parked due to lack of personnel, as a related report confirms?

The bi-annual report urges that priority be given to investment in infrastructure, the development of skills, combating poverty, and improving the effectiveness of public expenditures and audits.

What national interest is served by having film industry executives and ministry staff traveling on a regular passenger ship to see Greece’s beauties even as the competent deputy minister was sailing on a yacht?

The queues of pensioners at ATMs the day the first pension bonus was disbursed demonstrated how much retirees need that money to cover their living needs.

The government exceeded primary surplus targets by taking from the many so as to hand out electoral benefits to the few.

Five months ago Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the metro there with a ticket vending machine that was painted on canvas as a backdrop.

On 13 May, a source familiar with the matter said the United States had asked Turkey to delay taking delivery of the S-400 system, currently scheduled for July, in return for potentially approving the formation of the working group.

'Kalimera, I woke up to more childish vandalism this morning outside the residence and will continue to work with Greek authori.ties to punish the culprits according to law,' US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said in a tweet.

If one factors in the number of impoverished workers and the army of unemployed one realises how unrealistic governmental pronouncements are regarding Greece supposedly having exited the crisis.

The initiative of certain universities to reward professors distinguished by stellar student evaluations or because their academic research has contributed to the reputation of their universities is laudable for many reasons.

Metropolitan Serapheim said that the Gold Cross awarded to Marinakis was a “gesture of gratitude for his invaluable contribution to the work of the diocese”

Mitsotakis blasted “SYRIZA’s miserable talk of seven-day work” and said he referred to Papastratos Tobacco, where employees work five days and 37 hours per week with better pay.