Marika Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his condolences on Sunday for the passing of Yiannis Boutaris, who died late Saturday at the age of 82.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking shortly after Donald Trump's victory in the US elections, addressed Greek Americans in a scheduled event focused on a new strategy for the Greek diaspora.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to visit Athens on Nov. 8, Turkish diplomatic sources have said amid efforts to improve relations between the neighbors.

The announcement follows a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in New York on Sept. 24, held on the sidelines of a U.N. General Assembly session.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was honored with the Global Citizen Award by the Atlantic Council during a ceremony in New York on Monday.

The award is given by the Atlantic Council to prominent international figures, with this year's recipients including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, and leading South Korean film producer Miky Lee.

Prime Minister Mitsotakis expressed his confidence that his New Democracy party will win the European elections during a speech in Giannitsa, a city in northern Greece, on Friday. 

Mitsotakis stated that New Democracy will continue to be the guarantor of political stability in a critical juncture for Greece and Europe

A draft bill to be submitted to Parliament in the coming months will extend equal marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples, Kathimerini understands.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Bob Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have discussed Greek-American relations and developments in the wider region over lunch in Athens.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and the US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis also attended the lunch.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, first row, and members of the new government pose for a group photo after their first Cabinet meeting outside the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Wednesday. Mitsotakis, has chaired his Cabinet's first meeting, pledgeding that his second term in government would be characterized by "efficiency and significant steps forward." [InTime News]

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou is expected to present Kyriakos Mitsotakis with the formal mandate to form a government on Monday morning after his New Democracy party's resounding victory on Sunday night.

Mitsotakis is expected at the Presidential Palace in central Athens at 11 a.m. and will be sworn in as prime minister for his second term in office at 1 p.m.