PM Mitsotakis sends wishes for Dormition holiday, calls for unity
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent his wishes for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox holiday, celebrated across Greece each August 15, calling for unity.
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August 11, 2025 Funeral held for Lena Samaras, daughter of former Greek prime minister
The funeral of Lena Samaras, daughter of former Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras and his wife Georgia Kretikos Samaras, was held on Monday at Athens’ First Cemetery.
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August 8, 2025 Greece’s Mitsotakis blocks probe into ministers over massive EU farm funds fraud
ATHENS — Greek government ministers and senior officials are suspected of colluding in a massive farm aid scam to defraud the European Union of hundreds of millions of euros. But despite being named as suspects by European prosecutors, they are likely to evade justice because Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is blocking a full-scale investigation. “Greece […]
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August 1, 2025 Government under fire over controversial House vote
The ruling New Democracy party faces criticism after a controversial parliamentary vote Wednesday that blocked preliminary investigations into two former agriculture ministers implicated in a major EU subsidy fraud scandal.
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July 29, 2025 Debate on OPEKEPE inquiry in Parliament gets off to rocky start
A two-day debate in Parliament over a House probe into the farm subsidies scandal got off to a rocky start on Tuesday, with the opposition criticizing ruling New Democracy party over the timing of its proposal to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the Hellenic Agricultural Payments Organization (OPEKEPE).
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July 19, 2025 Crete migrant detention plan scaled back
The Ministry of Migration has suspended plans to build a closed migrant detention facility on Crete after strong opposition from local officials.
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July 11, 2025 PM Mitsotakis, Meta discuss online safety for children
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Friday in Athens with Meta’s Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, and other company officials for talks that centered on internet safety for children.
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July 4, 2025 PM TO VISIT MOUNT ATHOS DESPITE INITIAL OPPOSITION
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will make an official visit to Mount Athos on Friday and Saturday, despite initial opposition from several monasteries over government policies.
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July 2, 2025 KYSEA underlines need to cooperate with Libya to stem migration
The Government Council on Foreign and Defense Affairs (KYSEA), Greece’s highest decision-making body on foreign and defense policy, has underlined the need to cooperate with the Libyan authorities to prevent the establishment of a new migration route from eastern Libya to Crete. According to a government announcement following a meeting of the council, the body […]
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June 28, 2025 Two more New Democracy officials resign in EU subsidy fraud case
Two more New Democracy officials stepped down following allegations of involvement in corruption over the mismanagement of European Union farming subsidies.
