European Parliament President Roberta Metsola appeared confident that the pro-European centre will continue to be in the majority after the European elections on June 6 and June 9, during a press conference for the agencies of the European Newsroom, including the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, on Wednesday.

The new head of SYRIZA, Stefanow Kasselakis, who was elected in the second round of intre-party elections for the party leadership, after former president Alexis Tsipras resigned has caused more than just a passing headache for the main opposition party.

The meeting of the cabinet led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is underway at the Maximos Mansion.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis visited the former US presidential candidate and longest serving governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, on Sunday. The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere at the Dukakis home in Brookline, Boston.