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The government is looking for ways to make use of empty houses and apartments to boost supply and pressure prices downward.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue estimates that there are 600,000 vacant properties around the country.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be visiting the Greek capital's fire-struck municipality of Penteli on Tuesday, where he is expected to chair a meeting with local and other officials and unveil the government's plan for managing and restoring those areas east and north of Athens that were devastated by an out-of-control blaze last week.

The return of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the Maximou , after the short vacation of the government team, signals the start of intense meetings in preparation for the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), which is traditionally the political milestone of the year.

The photo is great. It's a bit like a movie poster from the Western "The Magnificent Seven." In front walks Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and behind him follow several pilots, in a V formation. In the background - and right in the center - is a parked firefighting aircraft.

Greece is drafting legislation to lift the obstacles faced by foreign students from countries outside the European Union who want to study in English-language undergraduate or postgraduate programs at Greek universities. 

The biggest problem is the issuance of student visas to students from countries outside the Schengen zone.

Leftist opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and what he called "propaganda media" following the release of New Democracy's accounts, which revealed that the ruling party's bank debts have more than doubled in just seven years.

On the evening of July 7, a deep sigh of relief from Athens accompanied the lively celebrations on the streets of France.

“We remain focused on controlling prices,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his scheduled meeting with the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

“The indications that there was a decline in prices at supermarkets in June are encouraging. I believe the overall mix of measures is starting to yield results,” he noted.

Thomas Bach, left, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), left, and his wife Claudia Bach, right, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki before a gala dinner hosted by the IOC and the French Presidency at the Louvre Museum, at the Paris Olympic games, Thursday, in Paris.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has welcomed the "clear commitment" by all NATO member states to commit to spending at least 2% of GDP on defense spending, adding that European countries cannot "just rely" on the US for their defense.