Politics
Mitsotakis intensifies northern Greece outreach as Athens prepares for Rubio visit
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is once again on the road in northern Greece, returning to Pieria and Thessaloniki in a two‑day tour that reflects the ruling party’s growing anxiety about its electoral standing in the region.
Mitsotakis pairs fuel aid and private debt relief with warning to ministers
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used Wednesday's cabinet meeting to unveil a new round of support measures on fuel and private debt, while signalling that further relief will come in increments, with any broader intervention requiring Brussels' blessing.
Former minister’s trial set to revive Tempe in time for elections
A former deputy minister will stand trial before the Special Court over the clearance of the Tempe rail crash site. The ruling puts the government back on the defensive over the country's most emotive scandal just as the pre-election season gathers pace.
Athens prepares for resumption of GSI activity and potential Turkish reaction
The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is entering what may prove to be its most consequential phase so far.
Government scrapes together more fuel price measures as ELAS intensifies pressure
The government is facing a dual challenge as it attempts to contain rising fuel prices while confronting a stubborn lack of movement in the opinion polls.
Government scrambles for more cost‑of‑living relief as WSJ revelations open new front
The cost‑of‑living crisis, and in particular the surge in fuel prices, has become the central test of the government’s capacity to deliver tangible relief as it tries to build pre-election momentum.
Mitsotakis uses UN stage to project leadership as poll shows dip for ELAS
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his address to the 81st UN General Assembly on Thursday to present Greece as a stabilising force in a turbulent international environment, combining messages of regional diplomacy, economic resilience and technological caution.
ND divided over arrogance in its ranks, as well as fuel costs and farm payments
With Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on an extended US visit, New Democracy MPs and ministers have spent the past days contradicting one another in public, amid polling suggesting that economic announcements have failed to rally support.
PM launches tech “investment marathon” in US as fuel prices dominate domestic agenda
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has turned a five-day US trip built around the UN General Assembly into what Greek officials are billing as an investment marathon, aimed at recasting Greece's image from a traditional tourism destination into a base for high-technology and AI-related capital.
GSI tensions and defence moves raise stakes in Greek–Turkish relations
Turkey’s renewed warnings towards Greece are increasingly being viewed in Athens not as isolated bursts of rhetoric, but as part of a broader shift in a relationship that in recent years has operated under a carefully managed - and always fragile - calm.