Progressive judge to become Greece`s first female president
(The Guardian Greece)

Katerina Sakellaropoulou nominated for top post as PM says `time has come for Greece to open up to the future´Greece is poised to get its first female president after the country´s centre-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis took the unprecedented step of proposing a progressive female judge to assume the role of head of state.In a move loaded with symbolism for a nation more used to the divisiveness of bipartisan politics, the prime minister nominated 62-year-old Katerina Sakellaropoulou.In style and background Greece´s new leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis could not be more different to his predecessor Alexis Tsipras. Continue reading...