Politics
Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
Greece has moved into a more complex and volatile phase of the Iran crisis. The Greek government is facing multi‑front challenge touching defence, diplomacy, domestic security, the economy and Greek–Turkish relations.
Opposition demands assurances of non-involvement in Iran conflict
Opposition leaders pressed PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis for assurances that Greece’s role in the region will remain strictly limited to the defence of its close ally Cyprus, avoiding deeper involvement in the Iran conflict.
Government draws line between solidarity for Cyprus and involvement in Iran conflict
Government figures in Athens have been making a case for sending naval and air assistance to Cyprus, while seeking to assure the opposition that it has no intention of becoming entangled in the broader Middle East conflict.
Greece goes operational amid growing concern about Iran war blowback
Greece has gone from cautiously monitoring the Middle East crisis to an active, multi‑level mobilisation, as the war in Iran spills into the Eastern Mediterranean and draws Cyprus — and by extension the EU — into the line of fire.
Greece faces new regional risks as Middle East tension escalates
Greece is monitoring with great concern the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, which is creating risks and generating new challenges for the country.
Athens anxious about managing alliances and fallout from Iran bombing
The Israeli–US strike on Iran over the weekend has jolted European capitals – none more so than Athens as Greece faces a crisis that touches many of its strategic vulnerabilities: energy, shipping, tourism, trade and migration.
Predator ruling reopens scandal that government hoped had been buried
One of the scandals that has haunted Greece’s centre-right administration over the last few years – the Predator surveillance case – is back in the spotlight after a lower court issued convictions in Thursday, which could lead to prosecutors reopening their investigation into potential felonies but has already reignited the political tussle over the affair and placed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis under closer scrutiny.
Mitsotakis touts benefits of energy deals against backdrop of criticism
Offshore exploration agreements with US energy giants and contracts to provide natural gas to eastern Europe top PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s agenda, as he sets out his vision on the path to elections.
ND moves to dismiss charges against former ministers against opposition objections
As the parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal draws to a close, calls by opposition parties for criminal charges to be brought against two former ministers look set to be stymied by the New Democracy majority which blames historic mismanagement at the agency.
Gerapatritis to meet Rubio again as Greece pushes Vertical Corridor in Washington
Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is travelling to Washington this Tuesday, where he is expected to meet his American counterpart, Marco Rubio, at the State Department.