Kostas Skrekas

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to rekindle his center-right government's spark with a reshuffle on Friday, excluding 11 members.

The move, which came amid a persistent cost-of-living crisis and a disappointing showing in the European Parliament election, also showed intent to demonstrate policy consistency with the foreign and finance ministers keeping their places.

Skrekas, Michaelidou, Kairidis and Avgenakis are not in the new government

Greece, together with its partners and allies, "will continue to steadfastly contribute to the collective effort to rebuild Ukraine, naturally within the scope of its capabilities," Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024) in Berlin on Tuesday.

All measures to combat inflation will continue for as long as necessary, stated Minister of Development Kostas Skrekas in an interview with ANT1 TV.

Referring to the issue of inflation, discussed in Parliament on Friday, he noted that "the measures taken by the government to reduce prices have begun and are yielding results."

Former French president Francois Hollande is set to meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Friday. The meeting is scheduled to take place at Maximos Mansion at 4.30 p.m.

Hollande will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2nd European Conference for Entrepreneurship, to be held on Saturday at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Athens. 

Our government is determined to ensure that debt collection companies operate in an ethical manner, emphasized Development Minister Kostas Skrekas

The prime minister's letter to the president of the European Commission, high supermarket prices and the government's measures for market inspections and reining in profiteering were commented on by Development Minister Kostas Skrekas, speaking to ERT News on Wednesday.

Greek collaboration with Switzerland in the sectors of pharmaceuticals, research and technology, energy, and managing of infrastructure were discussed between Greek Development Minister Kostas Skrekas and visiting Swiss Federal Councilor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Guy Parmelin.

Development and Competitiveness Minister Kostas Skrekas stated in an interview with Parapolitika radio on Thursday that the inflation rate for food in Greece has eased by approximately 40%, namely from a rate of 8.3% to a rate of 5% at present.

"Of course, we are not yet at the point we want to be, which is under 2%," he admitted.

The measures taken by the government to combat inflation are gradually starting to bring results, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas indicated while speaking to radio station Skai 100.3 on Thursday.