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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No EU intervention to Mitsotakis’ request on multinationals
The European Commission has welcomed the letter of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis asking for the intervention of Brussels to tackle multinationals’ high prices. The EU commission welcomed the request and responded with a short notce saying the letter is “a contribution to the overall reflection on the future of the …
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Greek PM wishes King Charles III “a swift and complete recovery”
With a post on social media, Greece’s Prime Minister kyriakos Mitsotakis wished King Charles III “a swift and complete recovery,” just hour after the Buckingham Palace announced that the 75-year-old King has been diagnosed with cancer. “Wishing His Majesty King Charles III a swift and complete recovery. He is a …
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F-35: PM Mitsotakis welcomes US State Dept decision
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has welcomed the US State Department’s decision to give the green light to the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jets to Greece, describing it as “an important day for our national defense and for Greek diplomacy.” Mitsotakis added that a letter he received from …
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Greek PM to ask for additional EU assistance
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said on Friday that he will ask for more resources to deal with migration. The Greek PM is in Granada, Spain, for the informal summit of European Union leaders. Talking to reporters before the summit, Mitsotakis said he was glad a preliminary agreement has been …
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Greece’s measures against soccer fans violence; UEFA: “Violence is the cancer of football”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that the associations of organized soccer clubs fans will close and only one official association will remain open for each team and operate at each football club’s headquarters. The Greek PM made this announcement after a broad meeting with the participation of UEFA President Aleksander …
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Greece offers one week free holiday to tourists who left Rhodes due to fire
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that Greece will offer one week of free holidays to tourists who cut short their holidays on the island of Rhodes due to the fires. The offer will be due next spring or autumn on Rhodes. Mitsotakis made the announcement during an interview with the …
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Fires Greece: PM promises compensations for properties, when saving them is not priority
Τhe state mechanism “is doing its best to respond to the wildfires as fast as is feasible and to contain damage to properties,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late on Monday evening, while still in Brussels where he participates in the EU-CELAC summit. He promised “compensations for properties damages” by …
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Ioannis Sarmas sworn in caretaker Prime Minister; Greece’s new cabinet
Court of Audit President Ioannis Sarmas was sworn in as prime minister of a caretaker government that will lead Greece to the second round of elections on June 25. Shortly after 4 o’ clock Thursday afternoon, 66-year-old Sarmas was sworn in at the Presidential Mansion in the presence of President …
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Greece’s President appoints caretaker PM to lead country to elections 2. round
Ιoannis Sarmas, the president of the Court of Audit, has been appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister to form a government that will lead the country to a second round of general elections on June 25, after last weekend’s inconclusive vote and unwillingness of the political parties to form a …
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Test Ride: PM’s elections show in the non-οperating Thessaloniki metro
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was a passenger in the first trial operation of the Thessaloniki metro on Thursday. Worth noting that the famous and much troubled Thessaloniki metro project is not in operation yet, as it has been plagued by almost two decades of delays. But general elections are on …
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PM denies pushbacks but says “Greece did prevent illegal entry by sea”
“What we did from the start, when I took over the government, was to impose a tough but – I think – fair migration policy,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with journalists of the German newspaper “Bild”. He also recalled that six months after taking over, his …
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UK PM Sunak rules out law change for return of Parthenon marbles
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out changing a law which prohibits the British Museum handing the Parthenon marbles permanently back to Greece. Sunak said there are no plans to amend the legislation, which states the museum can only dispose of objects within its collection in limited circumstances. However, the …
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Mitsotakis on train crash: “Tragedy primarily due to human error”
In unprecedented fast track procedure and despite the ongoing investigation, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis came to the conclusion that the train crash was due to human error. In his address to the nation 20 hours after the deadly collision in central Greece, PM Mitsotakis announced: “Everything points to the fact …
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Censure motion against government defeated by 156 ND votes
Greece’s conservative government on Friday survived, as expected, a vote of no confidence put forward by the main opposition party SYRIZA opposition over a wiretapping scandal targeting politicians, army top brass and journalists. 156 ruling New Democracy lawmakers voted against the motion, while 143 opposition MPs voted in favor. A …
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PM Mitsotakis’ concessions to royalists, upgrades Constantine’s funeral
Pressure from pro-royalists lawmakers and voters of conservative ruling New Democracy forced the Prime Minister to upgrade the funeral of Greece’s former King Constantine. Despite the initial decisions for a funeral as a private person, no lie to state and government representation only by the culture Minister, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis …
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PM Mitsotakis urges public to get vaccinated against the flu
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the public to get vaccinated against influenza, especially if there are people over 60 in their families, on Tuesday. In a video posted in a tweet, Mitstoakis said, “Despite the fact I am not over 60, there is a highly vulnerable relative in my …
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Wiretapping: FM Dendias remains -still- loyal to PM Mitsotakis
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Monday that he is “fully satisfied” by the Prime Minister’s pledge to shed light on the wiretapping scandal, after two newspapers alleged he was among those targeted via phone malware. “I would also like to say that my cooperation with the Prime Minister is …
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Greece’s President, PM, opposition leaders slam US Supreme Court ruling on abortion
Greece’s state and political leadership as well as leaders of opposition parties slammed the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion. President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in a post on Facebook on Monday, it was an open cultural clash in the already divided USA, with wider social and political …
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PM Mitsotakis at the US Congress: Common democratic values; Ukraine, Cyprus, Turkey
“There is no greater honor for an elected leader of Greece, where democracy was born, to address the representatives of people who have defended democratic ideals strongly since the founding of their country,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his address at the US Congress on Tuesday. The Greek premier …
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