Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greek politician, prime Minister of Greece, President of New Democracy party
- yesterday
Alexis Tsipras to present ELAS economic and governance plan at Thessaloniki International Fair
The former prime minister will outline a three-pillar National Reconstruction Plan focusing on European convergence, public investment, and fiscal rules ahead of national elections.
- 5d ago
Mitsotakis meets Afroditi Nestora following fatal Thessaloniki arson attack
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met New Democracy politician Afroditi Nestora at Maximos Mansion to address counterterrorism and urban development following a fatal arson attack at her home.
- 6d ago
Tsipras to present economic program in Thessaloniki ahead of Mitsotakis fair address
Alexis Tsipras will present the Greek Left Coalition economic platform in Thessaloniki on 2 September 2026, four days ahead of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's fair speech.
- Aug 24
Greek cabinet meets on 24 August to review Greece 2.0 and retail price cuts
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chairs a cabinet meeting at the Maximos Mansion on Monday to address retail price caps, school openings, regional development, and spatial planning.
- Aug 23
Mitsotakis outlines €13 billion debt repayment and addresses Turkey tensions
In his Sunday review after a two-week summer break, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined a €13 billion debt repayment for 2026, reviewed summer wildfire containment, and rejected Turkish territorial objections in the Aegean.
- Aug 22
Adonis Georgiadis and Elena Akrita clash over Madonna Corfu visit and Greek healthcare
Greek Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis and SYRIZA lawmaker Elena Akrita exchanged sharp online attacks on 22 August 2026, disputing celebrity tourism impacts, hospital equipment in Nikaia, and family involvement.
- Aug 20
Greece rejects Turkish objections to Aegean renewable energy spatial framework
The Greek foreign ministry dismissed Turkish statements challenging Greece's new spatial plan for renewable energy sources in the Aegean Sea, reaffirming that island sovereignty is definitively set by international treaties.
- Aug 15
Mitsotakis marks Dormition feast in Chania, dedicates message to Greece's wildfire fighters
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the Divine Liturgy for the Dormition of the Theotokos at a monastery in Chania on 15 August, using his annual message to honour those fighting summer wildfires across Greece.
- Aug 14
Greek top court annuls three private university licenses, opposition demands repeal of Pirrarakis Law
Greece's Council of State annulled operating licenses for three non-state university branches on August 13, 2026, triggering opposition demands to repeal the Pirrarakis Law while the Education Ministry insists the framework remains constitutional.
- Aug 8
Greek Supreme Court prosecutor archives Predator wiretapping case for third time despite new evidence and conviction
Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor Evangelos Bakelas rejected all four requests to reopen the Predator spyware investigation on 7 August 2026, archiving the case for the third consecutive time despite a February conviction and new evidence from Israel.
- Aug 7
Greece seeks EU escape clause extension for over €1 billion in energy resilience investments
Greece's Finance Minister Pierrakakis asked the European Commission to extend the National Escape Clause to energy, unlocking fiscal space for investments exceeding €1 billion by 2028 alongside €2.4 billion in defense flexibility.
- Aug 4
Greece bids farewell to Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the last Karamanlis-era politician, at Athens funeral
Family, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and hundreds of mourners gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens on 4 August to pay their last respects to Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the former minister and vice-president of New Democracy who died on his 93rd birthday.
- Aug 4
Mitsotakis, ahead of EU Ceuta talks, proposes new emergency powers to suspend asylum in weaponized migration crises
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, writing in Politico hours before an emergency EU teleconference on Ceuta, calls for a new European emergency mechanism to counter the weaponization of migration, including the temporary suspension of asylum applications.
- Aug 4
Tsipras: Wildfires are a 'human, environmental, national tragedy', not an inevitable climate answer but a question demanding change
Alexis Tsipras, president of the Greek Left Alliance, said the country must not accept devastating wildfires as an inevitable consequence of the climate crisis, but as a question about what must change to prevent annual repetition.
- Aug 2
Two firefighting helicopters collide near Athens, killing two crew members as wildfires burn over 10,000 hectares
Two firefighting helicopters collided mid-air near Psatha, west of Athens, during a wildfire operation on Sunday. One crew survived; the other two crew members, a Greek and a Danish national, were killed.
- Aug 2
Greek PM mourns two firefighters killed in helicopter collision while battling wildfire near Porto Germeno
A Greek coordinator and a Danish pilot died when two leased firefighting helicopters collided during operations against a large wildfire near Porto Germeno, west of Athens, on Sunday. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed 'deep sorrow' and visited the crisis coordination center.
- Aug 2
Greece's prime minister says winds of 10 Beaufort made water drops impossible, as three firefighters die and thousands of hectares burn
Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his weekly Facebook post to address what he called the first large wildfires of the summer, acknowledging that even the dozens of available aircraft could not fly safely in the extreme conditions.
- Jul 30
PASOK and Tsipras's ELAS trade accusations over 1.16 billion euros in party debts and bank ties
Greece's main opposition PASOK and Alexis Tsipras's ELAS exchanged fierce accusations on July 30 over 1.16 billion euros in combined debts of New Democracy and PASOK, with each side alleging the other serves bank interests.
- Jul 30
Nolan's 'The Odyssey' tops $727M globally as translator Emily Wilson calls script 'abysmal'
Christopher Nolan's epic has earned $727.9 million in 12 days, but classicist Emily Wilson's London Review of Books takedown has ignited a fierce debate over fidelity to Homer.
- Jul 29
Two Firefighting Helicopters Collide in Greece, Killing Two, as Wildfires Rage Across the Country
A mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters near Athens on Sunday killed a Greek coordinator and a Danish pilot, bringing the death toll from Greece's wildfires to five as more than 200 blazes burned across the country.
