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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s return from his Christmas holidays also marks the ramping up of interest in who he will put forward as candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. Much... New Democracy party saw some of its support ebb away in 2024, while the fortunes of its most immediate
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PM sets out modest promises for 2025 as internet safety campaign fails to impress opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics-term blues which saw the party perform below par in the EU elections amid persistent high inflation... such as the Thessaloniki metro. The prime minister also namechecked key reforms introduced
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Fringe parties gain from Tempe furore as judiciary becomes embroiled in row
PoliticsGreek Politicsup to 68 pct. There has been a similar trend in the view of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... by the nativist Voice of Reason, which saw a decline in support from 5.6 to 3.7 pct. When
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Huge protests over Tempe add to pressure on government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens, Thessaloniki and dozens of other cities and towns saw the biggest protests held for many years in Greece on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the deadly Tempe train crash..., which had been the official explanation, including from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s lips
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Government commits to uniformed personnel pay rises amid clamour for higher incomes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been forced to commit to pay rises for all uniformed personnel after leading ministers and numerous New Democracy MPs called for those serving in the police... saw fit, and in line with the government’s commitment to careful fiscal management. The ministers
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PM convenes emergency meeting to work out tariff response strategy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided over a rare meeting of the government’s economic council on Monday as the world struggles to digest the tariffs announced last week by US President Donald... states of the European Union. He added that he saw no point in Greece responding to the US tariffs
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Course of Freedom grabs opposition spotlight as PASOK and SYRIZA drift to wings
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch as the cost of living. When asked whether they saw the next general elections as an opportunity... that the recent relief measures for pensioners and renters announce by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Voters’ belief in progressive parties tested as PASOK and SYRIZA search for answers
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecently that former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might be considering a return to frontline politics... it now stands for in the wake of a turbulent couple of years that saw the departure of the totemic
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Revival of Mitsotakis-Tsipras rivalry points to future developments on political scene
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn no small part due to some deft manoeuvring of his own, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emerged from this weekend’s events with the aura of being one of current Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s... to action. Tsipras’s high-profile appearance in Thessaloniki, which some observers saw as an attempt
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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. MPs from rural constituencies were particularly... a different future. In 2023, the sector of "Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities" saw the most
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