National elections will be held in the spring, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated in an interview to national broadcaster ERT on Thursday evening, adding that he does not wish to prolong the current toxic campaign period.
"With constant efforts, the government stood by the citizens and the country showed a resilience that many did not expect. This effort will continue as long as the crises last, in all aspects of economic life," government spokesperson Yiannis Economou said on Sunday in a televised interview with the public broadcaster's ERT1 channel
Shortly before the elections, the leadership of the Greek Foreign Ministry decided to replace some ambassadors, including those in responsible diplomatic missions. Experts interpret this move by Nikos Dendias as a pre-election move.
An amendment setting out conditions for drafting ballot combinations of individual candidates or party coalitions running in national elections that excludes candidates who have been sentenced for serious crimes was tabled in Greek Parliament by the Interior ministry on Thursday.
The first electric buses will arrive in Thessaloniki very soon, the construction of charging stations for them is already under development, ΟΑΣΘ announced yesterday.
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has said that the responsibility to pass on the memory of the Holocaust “is a sacred mission.”
