Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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Greek PM Mitsotakis Expresses Displeasure Over Cancelation of Meeting with British Counterpart Rishi Sunak

The Greek PM is in London on a 3-day working visit

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Mitsotakis to Bloomberg: We aim to repay certain bailout loans ahead of schedule

Newly re-elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday revealed that his center-right and pro-reform government aims to repay some of Greece’s bailout loans ahead of time

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Editorial Ta Nea: Political polarisation

Citizens be more interested in the cost of living than the machinations of a former minister or the wiretapping of the phone of a party leader, but affairs often follow their own rules.

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Editorial Ta Nea: On the store shelves

A government that manages to economically support citizens without exhausting fiscal reserves has taken a great step toward bolstering and shielding society against future crises.

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Mitsotakis tells Sunday Times he will discuss Parthenon sculptures’ return with Liz Truss, slams Turkey, Russia

'Since taking office in 2019, Mitsotakis is credited with engineering an economic miracle in Greece. A decade ago it was one of the PIGS, a derogatory acronym for Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain,' the Sunday Times wrote.

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Μητσοτάκης στο ΕΛΚ: Η Τουρκία εργαλειοποιεί τους πρόσφυγες - Αντιμετωπίζουμε έναν πολύ απρόβλεπτο γείτονα

«Εγκαλέσαμε την Τουρκία όσον αφορά τις πρακτικές της να εργαλειοποιεί τους μετανάστες και τους πρόσφυγες για τους δικούς της γεωπολιτικούς σκοπούς», τόνισε ο κ. Μητσοτάκης, στην ομιλία του στο ΕΛΚ.

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Pavlopoulos: Government bears ‘objective’ responsibility for EYP surveillance misconduct

'Those who have [governmental] power assume in its entirety their share of the political responsibility, and it is inconceivable to shift it to others in any manner,' the ex-president declared.

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Editorial To Vima: A country betrayed

Mr. Mitsotakis has a duty to tell the whole truth about the raging EYP surveillance scandal and to allow the judiciary, unhindered, to conduct an in-depth investigation.

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PM’s Chief of Staff, EYP spy chief resign after revelations about hacking of PASOK leader’s phone

The announcement from the PM’s office said that the spy chief’s resignation was due to ‘wrong actions’ in the context of legal surveillance of Androulakis with a prosecutor’s order.

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Turkish VP demands swift demilitarisation of Greek islands

'If demilitarisation of the islands is not completed as soon as possible, we shall dispute sovereignty over the islands in the framework of international law and treaties,' Fuat Oktay declared.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Alliance

The Draghi-Mitsotakis meeting was important because the Italian PM and former ECB president has a prominent position in the architecture of the EU.

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Mixed messages from Mitsotakis, New Democracy MPs on snap elections

'When we highlight Turkish expansionism in the Eastern Mediterranean we juxtapose it to a degree to what happened between Russia and Ukraine, 'the PM said.

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Osborne: ‘Deal to be done’ on sharing Parthenon Marbles

'They are the supreme symbol of nobility. They are a tribute to democratic philosophy. They are our aspiration and our name. They are the essence of Greekness," Melina Mercouri had declared.

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Editorial To Vima: Political risk

Pollsters believe that his management of successive crises has favoured Mr. Mitsotakis, and that after three years in power ND has not suffered strategic blows

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Editorial Ta Nea: The government faces pressing decisions

The PM and his advisors must rev up their engines and make haste to accomplish what they did not have time to do due to the crises over the last years.

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Editorial To Vima: Straight talk

Turkey's autocratic leader is an exponent of contemporary revisionism and cannot understand that Ankara cannot have its cake and eat it.

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Editorial Ta Nea: It is high time for reforms

Despite the raging war in Ukraine and its impact on all of Europe, reforms must be implemented swiftly in all areas, especially ones delayed for years.

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Amidst uproar over skyrocketing energy costs, Mitsotakis announces rebates for households

Energy costs have doubled and in some cases tripled for households and businesses since a year ago and the situation has literally battered a very large percentage of middle class Greek households.

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Editorial To Vima: We must do more to promote peace

The US is leading the entire effort in Ukraine, but the Americans are 5,000 miles from the theatre of military operations, and the Europeans will necessarily face most of the consequences of the war.

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Op-Ed: Show duels

Will Syriza continue with the same opposition tack as it has adopted so far, and if so what would be the purpose of a debate? What is the special circumstance that would vanish after a single debate?

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Editorial Ta Nea: Opportunity in centrist politics

As long as SYRIZA continues to appeal mainly to the emotions of the public, both PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and centre-left KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis have an opportunity to gain ground among centrist voters.

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Small Dodecanese isle of Halki declared Greece’s first ‘GR-eco’ island

“Local residents, in cooperation with the municipality, will produce the energy they consume”, Mitsotakis said in opening the event.

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Blinken underlines US ‘respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity’ in letter to Mitsotakis

The specific reference to the implementation of international law specifically in the Eastern Mediterranean sends a clear measure to Ankara at a time when it is actively challenging and disputing Greece’s and Cyprus’ rights under international law in the region.

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Greek PM on draft legislation – Aim is for no animal be abandoned or abused

The draft legislation was ratified at the Parliament committee level this week and will soon reach the legislature’s floor for debate and a subsequent plenary vote

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AHEPA honors Greek PM Mitsotakis, Cyprus President Anastasiades and shipowner Marinakis

The convention is taking place in Athens

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PM Mitsotakis: Proposal for a national target to ban the circulation of internal combustion engines in transport

The need for society and the new generation to become allies in planning to tackle climate change issues was raised by the Prime Minister during his speech to the competent committee of the Parliament for the discussion of a new climate law.

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Editorial To Vima: The old wolf doesn’t change

The truth is that Antonis Samaras is not operating in a vacuum. For decades he has had an intransigent stance on national issues and has played the nationalist card,

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Δωρεάν φάρμακα και το 2021 στους συνταξιούχους - Η ανάρτηση Μητσοτάκη

Ο πρωθυπουργός τόνισε ότι είναι προσωπική του επιλογή να διατηρηθεί το ευνοϊκό καθεστώς που με κυβερνητική απόφαση ίσχυσε και κατά το 2020.

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Editorial Ta Nea: The lesson

As PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined, “The trial of racism, prejudice, and violence in society is perpetual.” The outcome of this battle is a matter of the utmost importance for all of us.

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Η ομιλία του Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη στον ΟΗΕ

Παρακολουθήστε ζωντανά την ομιλία του πρωθυπουργού στην 75η Σύνοδο της Γενικής Συνέλευσης του ΟΗΕ με θέμα: «Το μέλλον που θέλουμε, τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη που χρειαζόμαστε». Ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης αναμένεται να επικεντρώσει την ομιλιά του στην αντιμετώπιση του κοροναϊού αλλά και στις γεωπολιτικές προκλήσεις στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο με αιχμή τις ελληνοτουρκικές σχέσεις

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Defying criticism government to construct closed migrant centres, seeks Berlin’s support for burden-sharing

'They must know that we don’t want them here,” New Democracy MP Konstantinos Bogdanos, among the party’s most right-wing members said of economic migrants.

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Editorial To Vima: The insurance ‘reform’

Experts doubt whether the feasibility study on insurance system reform presents credible projections and guarantees regarding the viability of the system.

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Editorial: The trap of fatigue

The opposition’s policy is to seep into the fissures that government policy creates in society.