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New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis regains an absolute majority of 158 seats and is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister for a second term after previously handing his premiership to Ioannis Sarmas last month.
2023-06-25

Leader of the Opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis, from New Democracy, wins an absolute majority and is expected to be sworn in Prime Minister as incumbent Alexis Tsipras falls to second place. Far-right Golden Dawn loses all the seats they had in the Parliament.
2019-07-7

The Hellenic Parliament passes a bill legalising the use of medical cannabis in Greece. New Democracy, Communist Party, Golden Dawn and the Union of Centrists voted against the government-sponsored bill.
2018-03-2

Yanis Varoufakis resigns as the Greek Minister of Finance despite the success of the "no" vote which supported his views.
2015-07-6

Greek voters solidly reject (61.3 percent) the latest austerity proposal of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
2015-07-5

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and the President of France François Hollande call for an international summit of Eurozone leaders to discuss the next moves.
2015-07-5

A Greek court decrees that ERT can resume transmission, following a truncation of broadcast due to direct order from Antonis Samaras.
2013-06-18

Antonis Samaras, the Prime Minister of Greece, is to miss a European Union summit as he recovers from an eye operation.
2012-06-24

Antonis Samaras, leader of the New Democracy party in Greece, continues to negotiate with political rivals to form a coalition government, as Greece struggles to overcome its economic crisis.
2012-06-19

Antonis Samaras, the leader of the main Greek Opposition party New Democracy, leads his party out of the Hellenic Parliament during a no-confidence debate.
2011-11-3