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Fresh reshuffle speculation as ND centres on migration threat, response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs normal political activity resumes following Parliament’s summer recess, attention is turning to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on September 11, with the local media pricing in a cabinet reshuffle shortly before or after his appearance
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Athens ponders impact of Turkey's role in Afghanistan
PoliticsForeign Policyyears ago. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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German elections: An open race to the finish line
Agorafor highest office in Germany, Armin Laschet, the current prime minister of the region of North Rhein
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New Covid measures readied as doubts about key cabinet choices rub off on PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first opinion poll to be published since the recent cabinet reshuffle provides the first indication that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s personal popularity has taken a direct hit for government decisions. For the first time since April 2020, the Prorata poll shows the “dislikes
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PM announces extensive measures to build on recovery, counter inflation and put govt on track
PoliticsGreek PoliticsProjecting the message that “Greece is changing,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out a range of measures at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Saturday that he hopes will allow his government to turn a new page and build new momentum on the road to the next general elections
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
SocietyGreek households are being warned about the possibility of steep hikes in their electricity bills this winter, as the government scrambles to cushion the effects of inflation across a range of basic goods. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis devoted a substantial section of his annual address
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SYRIZA sees opportunity in tepid response to govt initiatives, PM's cosseting of right wing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is due to take his turn speaking at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) this weekend in what increasingly looks like a pre-cursor to a full-blown election campaign. Tsipras will take to the podium in the northern port city a week after Prime Minister Kyriakos
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Tsipras looks for fresh start as Mitsotakis holds election cards
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras unveiled his own package of proposed voter-friendly measures at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) over the weekend, a week after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined a set of interventions worth 3.5 billion euros. Tsipras also insisted that his party is ready
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Food delivery boycott prompts SYRIZA to argue against labour deregulation
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the prime minister, such as the proposal for EU vaccination passports, which elevate Greece’s profile
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Against backdrop of growing energy challenges, PPC capital raise stirs reaction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his aides have been meeting with investors in New York, the headlines in Friday’s newspapers were dominated by the news that the state-controlled Public Power Corporation (PPC) is launching a capital raise that will lead to the country’s main
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