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Former conservative ND prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras are turning their backs on Kyriakos Mitsotakis as they will not attend the street party for the 50th anniversary of the New Democracy scheduled to take place in Rigillis Square in downtown Athens on Friday afternoon. In a coordinated action …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed the positive climate and the will to maintain the existing framework of de-escalation in Greek-Turkish relations during their meeting on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly in New York. Short before their meeting, addressing …

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Ruling New Democracy expelled MP Marios Salmas on Monday and saw its seats in Parliament dropping to 156. Absolute majority is 151 seats. Marios Salmas was one of the 11 ND MPs who last week submitted a question to the Parliament regarding the “red loans” and what the ruling party …

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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rebuked the new immigration policy Germany has announced to implement after September 16, 2024. “Greece will not accept to shoulder a disproportionately large burden for immigration,” the Greek PM said sending a clear message to Germany after the government in Berlin presented a plan on …

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“Greece in 2027 will be nothing like Greece in 2010 and the country will never return to a reality of big deficits,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, during the traditional press conference given by the prime minister each year at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The PM was asked …

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Angry citizens jeered and strongly disapproved Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday, while he was touring areas in the flood-stricken Thessaly almost a year after storm Daniel devastated villages and agricultural production. The Prime Minister who visited the area to announced anti-flooding measures in the infrastructure and “inspect” the restored …

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Greece’s conservative prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Keir Starmer after the Labour party achieved a landslide victory in the UK’s general election, ending 14 years of the conservative Tory government. “Congratulations to Keir Starmer on winning the UK general election. The Greek government is ready to work together to further …

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Former Prime Ministers Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis sharply criticized PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, an all-out verbal attack so to say, during an event organized for a book presentation. The PM was also invited but he preferred to be represented by the government spokesman as it was already known that he …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said that the imposition of an extraordinary tax of 33% on the “very high profits of refineries” was “an act of social justice that has political and moral legitimacy,” in his interview with Real Fm radio station. “This is a fair decision due to …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will send a letter to the European Commission on Friday requesting Brussel’s intervention to tackle high prices in supermarkets. Mitsotakis’ request will focus on multinational companies that sell their products in different countries at different prices. Greeks have been struggling with ongoing price increases for food …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed that they disagree on crucial bilateral issues but also on Palestinian Hamas. During joint statements after meeting in Ankara on Monday afternoon, the two leaders openly disagree on disputes such as the Mulsim minority in north-eastern Greece, the …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that the conversion of the historic Byzantine church of Chora in Istanbul into a mosque was not necessary. He added that he will put the issue to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet in Ankara next week. The “unnecessary conversion …

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“For a series of products, fruits and vegetables, we have lower prices than last year,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted on Monday after a visit to the central vegetable market of Athens in Renti. “The struggle to ensure that Greek consumers enjoy quality products at reasonable prices is continuing. I …

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Greece announcement to establish two marine parks one of them in the Aegean Sea has soured its relations with Turkey and thus less than a month before the meeting of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara next month. “We remain vigilant” said the Turkish Defense Ministry …

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Greece is closely monitoring the developments in the Middle East, after Iran’s missiles and drones operation against Israel on Saturday. At the same time, Greece stands by Israel and “unequivocally condemns” the attack. On a post on social media, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrote that the Greek government “clearly and …

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Two ministers and close aidees of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were forced to resign on Thursday, following a meeting with a powerful businessman. Minister of State Stavros Papastavrou and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Ioannis Bratakοs submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday evening. The Prime …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will not be traveling to Washington in April due to conflicting obligations, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis announced on Thursday. The Greek PM was expected to travel to Washington to attend an event at the White House commemorating the anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821. “The …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spent Greece’s Independence Day in Canada with his counterpart Justin Trudeau and the Greek diaspora communities. The two Premiers attended the parade in Great Montreal. Later, they had coffee and donuts, with the Greek PM introducing Trudeau the freddo cappuccino. Following the parade, Mitsotakis, the first …

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Allegations that the government tampered the leaked dialogue between the station master in Larissa and the train driver of the Ιntercity before the Tempi disaster set the political scenery in Greece on fire on Sunday. Five opposition parties demanded “no confidence vote” against the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a challenge …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphatically refuted on Thursday the claims by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that there was an agreement regarding the air defense. “There is no agreement with Zelensky, these are not serious matters, I could not to make secret agreements,”Mitsotakis told journalists after the works of the European …

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