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Greek prime minister set to consolidate power in new election

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pummeled his opposition in Sunday’s national election, moving a step closer to getting another four-year term and sending a signal to markets that the premier’s investment-friendly policies will continue.

Tribune News Service

Greece’s conservative party wins big in national election

The ruling New Democracy party secures commanding victory, but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hints at new poll.

Al Jazeera

Greek centre-right party falls short of majority in general election

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party on 40% share against Syriza on 20

The Guardian - UK

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Greece elections:Prime Minister hails big victory but will seek fresh election to win majority

Kyriakos Mitsotakis makes clear he wants to govern without the involvement of other parties after winning with 40 per cent of the vote

Evening Standard

Greek conservatives win parliamentary election

Greece's conservative New Democracy party achieved a crushing victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed.

Reuters

NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans’

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Greek conservatives lead in national election-exit poll

Greek conservatives were leading over the leftist Syriza in elections on Sunday, a joint exit poll by six polling agencies showed.

Reuters

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Once we ask the Lee Anderson question, our democracy is on a slippery slope

When the state restrains the right to protest, the right to vote has less meaning

The Guardian - UK

As Greece goes to the polls, scandal, disaster and apathy eat into PM’s lead

Economic resurgence may not be enough to win Kyriakos Mitsotakis a new term in Sunday’s election

The Guardian - UK

Greece's ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority

Greece's ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election in a month more likely.

Reuters

Israelis keep up protests against judicial reforms

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israeli protesters thronged the heart of Tel Aviv Saturday for a 20th straight week, keeping up their campaign against the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform plans which they view as a threat to democracy.

AFP

G7 Summit Japan: Prime Minister Modi calls for building an inclusive food system

In an address at a session of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Modi also strongly batted for the democratisation of technology, saying it can become a bridge between development and democracy. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Under-reading and over-reading the Karnataka vote

The vote in the Karnataka Assembly election in 2023 is n occasion for a wild democratic celebration

The Hindu

Why Wales' richest man losing £667m could affect us all

'We think it's very important in a functioning democracy that it's known where wealth lies and where it's accumulated'

Wales Online

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Fortune

Hedge funds want to control your local news–but democracy is getting in the way

Hedge funds are furious over the FCC's decision to block the takeover of TEGNA, the nation's second-largest local broadcast station owner.

Al Jazeera

The Greek economy is changing – but not fast enough

Greece is trying to encourage entrepreneurs to invest. But days before polls, businesses say state stands in the way.

The Guardian - US

Fox News’s ‘vitriolic lies’ threaten democracy, says disinformation expert suing channel

Exclusive: Nina Jankowicz, who is suing over campaign of falsehoods, says ‘if Fox isn’t brought to account, it will not stop’

Salon

Biden beware the deep fakes

Republicans weaponize deep fakes and AI technology

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong court dismisses pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai's legal bid to fight for UK lawyer

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed pro-democracy publisher’s legal bid in his fight to use a British lawyer in his landmark national security trial

The Conversation

As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here's how Australia can support its democracy

Sunday May 21 is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters decide on 65 members of parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to Timor-Leste’s independence. It’s also a reminder of the importance of Timor-Leste as an exemplar of democracy,…

Bangkok Post

Jatuporn gets 2 years over 2007 Prem protest

The Criminal Court has sentenced Jatuporn Prompan, former chairman of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), to two years in prison in connection with the violent 2007 protest at the Si Sao Thewes Residence, then home of late Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda.

The Independent UK

False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise

Election falsehoods are thriving on Twitter after former President Donald Trump dug in on those claims during a recent CNN town hall

Broadcasting & Cable

Why Standard General’s Proposed Tegna Merger Hurts Our Democracy (Guest Blog)

Hedge funds’ bottom-line mindset leads to less-robust local news operations, Common Cause VP says

The News Lens

In Taiwan, Liz Truss Called For ‘Economic NATO’ to Counter China

Al Jazeera

Three pro-democracy activists arrested in Sudan

Experts say arrests are part of a broader campaign by the army to consolidate control over aid relief.

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