Kostas Karamanlis

Commenting on a staff walkout on the Athens metro that left thousands of commuters stranded and motorists caught up in traffic jams all over the Greek capital on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the "government will not be blackmailed by 21 people who were simply asked to do their jobs."

The government will not tolerate one small group of unionists holding thousands of commuters "hostage," Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis said on Tuesday, lashing out at strikers on the Athens metro who walked off the job from the start of the morning shift until 10 a.m.

I am not sure why Kostas Karamanlis has decided to resume an active public role at this point in time. Following his recent speech at the Society for Macedonian Studies in Thessaloniki, he is due for another appearance next Wednesday at City, University of London, while he may also speak at Tufts Fletcher School in Boston at a later date as well.

Attiki Odos SA, the company that manages the Attica ring road, has agreed to freeze a planned hike to toll charges until the end of the year after calling a truce with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

The ministry, in turn, has held back a bill prepared by the previous government halting the raise until the motorway's concession is re-examined.

The German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung opines that a Mitsotakis government could represent a new opportunity for Greek economic development.

Greek actress Zeta Douka was in the middle of a live TV interview at the premiere of the film “Kazantzakis”, directed by internationally acclaimed director Yiannis Smaragdis, when former PM Kostas Karamanlis casually strolled in front of the camera ruining the interview. All the cameras suddenly turned to Mr. Karamanlis, with the actress dumbfounded. “Mr.

The Greek-Russian businessman and owner of PAOK FC in the Thessaloniki, in a rare interview he gave to “Proto Thema” he surprises everyone with a lot of what he says.

Ivan Savvidis came out openly as a strong supporter of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos attended religious celebrations in honour of St. Dimitrios, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, Wednesday. The Greek President arrived a little after 11am at the Church of St. Dimitrios, where a large crowd greeted him with warm applause.

The President of major opposition party New Democracy (ND), Kyriakos Mitsotakis, unleashed a harsh attack against the current government on all fronts during his speech at the official inauguration of his party’s new headquarters in Moschato.

New Democracy (ND) newly elected leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis started his meetings with party members in an effort to define his stance on issues to be tabled in Parliament.