Greece

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be taking a three day trip to the United States to help his daughter, Dafni Mitsotakis, settle in at Yale University in Connecticut. Mitsotakis' trip was announced by the Greek government's spokesman Giannis Oikonomou. "I...

For months now, the government has generated nothing but insecurity and uncertainty in Greece, main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, in a statement on video that was released to the press. "The country is in limbo and about...

Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis, who was among the first EU leaders to implement a strict quarantine in Greece, in now transferring the authority of enforcing the quarantine to Greek women. The decision took most by storm but police sources...

It's the last time a Greek PM might have the chance to stand up for his people and demand that the EU and Turkey change their plans before making the Greek islands of Chios and Lesbos into a modern...

Greeks have the day off as Greece's SYRIZA-ANEL government declared April 1st a public holiday. "We believe that crisis-hit Greece saw a lot of dark days these past years, Greeks have suffered a lot," said Tsipras. "We want to establish a day...

Evangelos Meimarakis announced on Tuesday afternoon that he is resigning as interim president of New Democracy, in the aftermath of the conservative party's failure to hold the scheduled presidential elections this past Sunday. The former interim chief cited the party's unity as a reason for...

New Democracy's four candidates emerged out of their meeting on Wednesday with a message of party unity. The four candidates Adonis Georgiadis, Kiriakos Mitsotakis, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and interim President Evangelos Meimarakis met on Wednesday in the follow up to an inter-party...

After an appeal and various expressions of dissatisfaction, New Democracy's Central Election Committee decided to reverse its initial decision and chose to allow Adonis Georgiadis to run for the party's presidency in the upcoming elections. The committee had deemed Georgiadis' application invalid...

New Democracy Interim president Evangelos Meimarakis announced that he is running for the party's presidential seat in the conservative party's upcoming elections. Meimarakis has lead New Democracy since early July, when former party president and former Greek Prime Minister Antonis...

With the future of New Democracy's leadership up for grabs, new names were added to the mix on Monday, just a few days before the October 2nd deadline for nomination submissions. After Kiriakos Mitsotakis and Apostolos Tzitzikostas, New Democracy MP Adonis Georgiadis...

New Democracy interim leader Evangelos Meimarakis is likely to organize party elections on August 30, 2015. This decision, however, could be facing opposition from within the party. Meimarakis has taken over the reigns in New Democracy after Antonis Samaras stepped down following...

Following Antonis Samaras's resignation as New Democracy party president after the victory of the NO vote, which Samaras and the party vehemently opposed, questions arise over who will take over the party's reigns. The leadership currently lies in the hands Evangelos Meimarakis, President...

This year the Greek ministers are expected to have short vacations, as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asked them to be on call at any time. However, Yiannis Stournaras, the former Finance Minister and current governor of the Bank of Greece will spend...

On Friday the 18th of October, after the meeting of the State Council for the administrative reform, the Finance Minister Giannis Stournaras sent a message to troika: “The negotiations are hard, but go on as usual. Our work too, continues...

The parliamentary elections of May 6 brought significant changes in the strength of parties and the human geography of the parliament. While the count of crosses has not been completed, the first image shows that the big political names...