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The New Democracy party, led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, secures a vote of confidence in Parliament to begin its second four-year term.
2023-07-8

Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in President of Greece in the Hellenic Parliament and becomes the first woman to hold the office, succeeding Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, she suspends the protocol ceremony for the inauguration scheduled for Saturday 14 and no handshakes are allowed.
2020-03-13

Citizens of Greece go to the polls to vote for the next members of the Hellenic Parliament.
2019-07-7

Voters in Greece go to the polls for the third time this year with Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) again winning a plurality in the Hellenic Parliament. [https:--www.theguardian.com-world-2015-sep-20-greece-alexis-tsipras-syriza-election ("The Guardian")], [http:--w.worldwideherald.com-yourls-go.php?id=qsjt0 ("The Globe and Mail" via Worldwide Herald)]date=August 2019
2015-09-20

The Hellenic Parliament votes to approve the Greek bailout package despite many senior lawmakers from the ruling Syriza Party refusing to vote for the deal.
2015-07-15

Eurozone leaders agree on a bailout deal for Greece providing the Hellenic Parliament passes reforms into law by July 15.
2015-07-13

Snap elections are to be called after the Hellenic Parliament fails to elect a new Greek president.
2014-12-29

The Parliament of Greece fails to elect a new president in the first round of voting.
2014-12-17

Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the Euro Group, gives the Hellenic Parliament a deadline of Sunday to pass legislation.
2012-02-9

Amid major riots and a general strike, the Hellenic Parliament approves a highly controversial package of austerity measures aimed at resolving Greece's ongoing debt crisis. The austerity measures include higher taxes and cuts to public sector wages.
2011-10-20