PM Modi Greece Visit: Greek President confers PM with Grand Cross of the Order of Honour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a one-day state visit to Greece, was Friday conferred with the Grand Cross…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a one-day state visit to Greece, was Friday conferred with the Grand Cross…
Albeit a decidedly depleted inheritance, unmistakable is the element of pregnant symbolism in the decision to nominate the 62-year-old Katerina Sakellaropoulou, rated as a progressive judge, as the next President not the least because of the divisiveness of partisan politics.
People who fled their homes in panic were lighting fires in the streets to stay warm in freezing temperatures.
Sakellaropoulou will serve 5 years starting on March 13, when incumbent president Prokopis Pavlopoulos’ term comes to an end.
The Fire Brigade intervened to evacuate 40 people from homes and cars in Kineta, southwest of Athens.
The sheer scale of the new Prime Minister’s victory ~ his party has an absolute majority in Parliament ~ is expected to give him a free hand to pursue reforms that have been delayed or opposed by successive governments.
Mitsotakis, the son of former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis said, "The result gave him a strong mandate for change".
