Now playing Next Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins second term as Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be Greece's prime minister for the second time after a historic victory for his New Democracy party in an election that also sees the new far-right Spartans party enter parliament 25/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greeks head to the polls on Sunday in general election Greeks head to the polls on Sunday, June 25, for a second general election in five weeks with conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expected to win re-election by a large margin. 24/06/2023
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Now playing Next Greece Greek Elections: New Democracy party eye up absolute majority New parliamentary elections are being held this Sunday. Polls suggest the New Democracy party is widely expected to win against the left-wing opposition. 23/06/2023
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Now playing Next Greece Greek court questions smuggling suspects over migrant ship disaster Nine men suspected of crewing a migrant smuggling ship that sank off Greece leaving more than 500 missing appeared in court Tuesday for questioning, as new accounts emerged on the sinking and the appalling conditions on the trip from Libya towards Italy. 22/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece As death toll rises to 81, new accounts expose migrant boat disaster The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece. 19/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece Timeline of how migrant boat tragedy off the coast of Greece unfolded A timeline of events that led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history as hundreds of migrants are still missing off the coast of Greece. 19/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greek coast guard defends actions as up to 500 migrants feared dead Greece's coast guard defended its actions in responding to a ship carrying hundreds of migrants that ended up sinking off the country's south coast, as criticism mounted Friday over the European Union's years-long failure to hammer out a comprehensive migration and asylum policy. 16/06/2023
Now playing Next Destinations How to escape the crowds on wild eastern Crete While tourists tend to favour the west of Crete, the eastern side offers farm-to-fork experiences, wild hikes and boat trips on traditional fishing caïques. 14/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greek residents mobilise to help survivors of deadly migrant shipwreck Search and rescue operations continued overnight some 75 kilometres southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region. 14/06/2023
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Now playing Next Green News ‘Help us save Poros’: Tiny Greek island threatened by fish farm ‘We cannot watch this go ahead without a fight’: Greek islanders are rallying against plans for a giant fish farm. 08/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece Halki: Greek island serves as model for solar power communities The Greek island of Halki is acting as a model for communities wanting to live on solar-powered electricity grids 07/06/2023
Now playing Next Greece New Greek parliament convenes, only to be dissolved as early as Monday The next election will be contested under a different system after leading parties failed to form a coalition. 28/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greece appoints interim government ahead of second election Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has appointed Ioannis Sharmas as interim prime minister after no party secured a large enough majority in Sunday's parliamentary election. 24/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greece general election: Five things we learned from Sunday's vote The winners, the losers, the parties making a comeback, and what happens next: we've got all those topics covered. 22/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greek voters face new election in June as New Democracy seeks majority Greece faces new national elections, despite the ruling party securing around 40% of the vote in Sunday's general election. 21/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Polls open in Greece's first election since spending controls ended Polls have opened in Greece’s parliamentary election, the first since the country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who had provided bailout funds during its nearly decade-long financial crisis. 21/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election For the first time in more than a decade, Greeks will go to the polls Sunday to elect a leader no longer confined to steering the country’s economy from a back seat. 20/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Candidates make last appeals to voters ahead of elections in Greece Candidates rally supporters ahead of elections in Greece on Sunday with Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seeking a second term under a new system of voting. 19/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Damning evidence of asylum seekers' mistreatment emerges in Greece A video shared by an activist with The New York Times shows evidence of asylum seekers being put on rafts and abandoned in the middle of the sea after reaching Greece's borders. 19/05/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Greek elections: For Brussels, rule of law woes ousted economic ones While Athens has regained the EU's confidence in terms of the economy, this is not the case with the quality of the rule of law. 19/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Greek PM and opposition leader rally support ahead of general election Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told crowds in Thessaloniki that stability and economic security were at stake in Sunday's vote. Left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras urged progressive parties to be open to coalition negotiations. 19/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece What you need to know about the Greek elections As Greeks prepare to vote in a general election on 21 May, we take a look at which parties and candidates are in the running, who is ahead in the polls, and what else to expect. 17/05/2023
Now playing Next Greece Euroviews. Greek PM's wiretapping admission begs the question of further secrets The upcoming election provides an opportunity for Greeks to demand a government that respects their fundamental rights and values their privacy, Dr Georgios Samaras writes. 16/05/2023