Kaklamanis’ election was supported by lawmakers from the ruling New Democracy, the PASOK socialists, and the leftist SYRIZA, as well as by the nationalist Greek Solution and Spartiates parties, along with the majority of independent MPs. The 50 MPs who voted “present” included members of the Greek Communist Party (KKE), the religious-nationalist Niki party, the minor New Left party, and the populist left-wing Course of Freedom.
The candidacy of Tasoulas is more widely accepted with 47.8% against 40.2% for Louka Katseli and 37% for Tasos Giannitsis
Following Wednesday's meeting with Katerina Sakellaropoulou or, at the latest, on Thursday, the Prime Minister is expected to announce his decision via a televised address
Members of Greece’s former royal family have regained Greek citizenship and formally acknowledged the country’s republican system of government, in a landmark move 50 years after the monarchy was abolished.
Skopje's former deputy prime minister blacklisted by the US for corruption - Artan Groubi is considered the closest associate of the Albanian leader Ali Ahmedi
