Mitsotakis

Conservative officials have dismissed concerns over potential threats to government stability following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' decision to expel former prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras from New Democracy on Saturday. Meanwhile, the administration is reportedly focused on charting a path forward after the high-profile rift with the ex-premier.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly address on Sunday, pledged to shield consumers from excessive electricity price increases, announcing that a European Commission delegation will visit Athens to address profiteering in the energy sector.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the energy independence of Europe and a common defense in his weekly social media post on Sunday.

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

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that "normality must be the goal in relations between neighbors" when asked by reporters on Friday about Greek-Turkish relations and his meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Budapest a day earlier. 

Air Force aircraft formation exercises will take place today in Attica as part of the official celebration of the Patron Saint of the Air Force Archangel Michael.

Europe faces the risk of becoming a “sandwich” between the U.S. and Asia amid an ongoing economic war, while discussions on upgrading and unifying the Union’s defense mechanisms remain at a theoretical level.

The leaders of Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Albania held a brief discussion ahead of the opening of the European Political Community meeting in Budapest on Thursday, exchanging views on the outcome of the US election as well as regional and international developments.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his congratulations to Donald Trump for his emphatic victory in the US elections, noting that Europe should wake up from its geopolitical naivety and secure additional resources for competitiveness and European defense.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in Budapest on Thursday for a meeting of nearly 50 European leaders and an EU summit where Donald Trump's return to power and the collapse of Germany's ruling coalition will be major talking points.