Kyriakos Mitsotakis

European Investment Bank Group President Nadia Calvino is visiting Greece on Thursday to have meetings with Greek government officials regarding new investment initiatives for supporting the Greek economy.

Her schedule includes meetings with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis.

Ships docked at Greek ports, and railway and bus services were disrupted on Wednesday as transport workers, hospital doctors, school teachers and construction workers joined a nationwide strike to protest squeezed living standards and demand higher pay.

Former conservative prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras has responded to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' decision to expel him from New Democracy's parliamentary group, describing his removal as "pre-decided."

"All the things I mentioned in my interview, I have said many times before. Obviously, my expulsion was pre-decided," Samaras told Antenna TV late Monday.

New Democracy's ethics committee has unanimously approved Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' decision to expel former prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras from the ruling party's parliamentary group.

According to reports, no objections were raised during the brief session on Tuesday. The decision is set to be formally submitted to the speaker of Parliament on Wednesday.

This weekend Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took a bold and risky move to expel former prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras from New Democracy. The story, and its potential impact on the government, is the main issue dominating the headlines in Greece over the past few days.

The government is seeking to move on from the expulsion of former prime minister Antonis Samaras from ruling New Democracy (ND) on Saturday, quelling election rumors and rallying its members.

Everyone supports the common market but with 26 different policies, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku last week, capturing the essence of what is happening in the European Union electricity market.

The “abandonment” of Antonis Samaras is spreading, just hours before the ND Disciplinary Board meeting, which is expected to confirm his second expulsion from the governing party.