Greece’s prime minister is vowing to push ahead with reforms during his second term in office. Kyriakos Mitsotakis secured a parliamentry majority in Sunday’s election. His conservative New Democracy party got over 40 percent of the vote, more than double Syriza on the left. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Nathalie Savaricas reports from Athens.

Turkish activists on Sunday defied a ban to stage an annual gay pride march in Istanbul one month after Turkey’s election followed a homophobic hate-filled campaign.

Former Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won a second term in a national election on Sunday as far-right parties also posted gains. FRANCE 24’s Nathalie Savaricas reports.

Compensation from the German government could be a step closer for some 12,000 people after they were forced to flee their homes in former East Germany in 1952 and 1961 by Communist authorities.

Germany’s far-right AfD won its first district election Sunday, a further boost to the anti-immigration party as it surges to record highs in opinion polls.

He could be seen carving ‘Hayley’ into the ancient building.