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Giorgos Koumoutsakos: 'A Prime Minister With Delusions Is a Dangerous Prime Minister'

"For the first time, a government imposes measures of 12 billion euros and celebrates," main opposition New Democracy spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said in a press briefing on Thursday. "Citizens will have to pay for the government's lies. A prime minister...

Greece Should Re-Examine Relations With Turkey, ND's Koumoutsakos Tells ANA

"It is urgent and of strategic importance to re-examine and redefine the framework for the management and course of Greek-Turkish relations," main opposition New Democracy 'shadow minister' for foreign affairs George Koumoutsakos commented in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian...

ND Spokesman Koumoutsakos Accuses PM Tsipras of Being Isolated From the People and Destroying the Country

Nothing has changed and nothing will change with this government, stated New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos on Sunday. He went on to express that the government by recycling the same unreliable politicians can't make a new start. It makes...

Early General Elections will not Come as a Surprise for Us, Says ND Spokesman Koumoutsakos

"In an environment of multiple impasses nobody can exclude the possibility of serious political development" stated main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos in an interview with AMNA on Sunday adding that "in this context early general elections...

Hundreds of Child Refugees Moved from Greece to Germany

More than 1,000 migrants and refugees, including 612 children, have been relocated from Greece to Germany over the last several months following an agreement between the two countries. According to a joint statement released by the Greek authorities and the...

Poland Donates 156 Mobile Housing Units for Migrants in Greece

A total of 156 mobile housing units donated by the nation of Poland to be used for accommodating migrants and refugees were delivered to the Avlona Army Base, north of Athens, on Wednesday. The new units were received by Alternate...

Greek Ministers Accused of Flouting Covid Rules

One more incident of a Greek minister apparently flouting the country's coronavirus guidelines was recorded on Tuesday, as Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias was filmed kissing the hand of a priest without wearing a mask. The...

Greek Island of Lesvos in State of Emergency after Catastrophic Fire

The entire Greek island of Lesvos was put under a state of emergency for four days starting from today, Wednesday. This declaration was enacted to address the emergent nature of public health and security on the island as the...

Greek Migration Minister Stopped from Entering Moria Camp on Lesvos Due to Unrest

  According to local Greek media reports, Greece's Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, accompanied by Armin Laschet, the state premier of Germany's West Rhine-Westphalia region, was stopped from entering the Moria refugee camp on Tuesday due to unrest at the facility. The German...

US Sends $2.9 Million To Assist Greek Islands, Unaccompanied Minors

Incoming aid form the United States will aim to improve the living conditions of unaccompanied minors who are migrants to Greece, and to assist the Greek islands as they seek to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The U.S. government...

Group of 50 Refugees Leave for the UK; 130 Stranded Greeks Return Home

A group of 50 refugees - 16 unaccompanied children and 34 adults being reunited with their families - departed for the United Kingdom on Monday in an aircraft that also carried 130 Greek nationals, returning to Greece from the...

Turkey Reportedly Pushes Coronavirus-Infected Migrants to Greece's Sea Border

Hellenic Coast Guard boat. File photo A report that Turkey is amassing migrants, with many infected by COVID-19 among them, across its North Aegean shores opposite certain Greek islands has put the Hellenic Navy, Coast Guard and police on high...

Greece Will Resume Deportation of Migrants to Turkey

In an effort to deal with the increasing number of illegal crossings in recent weeks, the Greek government has said it is recommencing deportations of migrants to Turkey. The number of migrants crossing illegally from Turkey to Europe has tripled...

New Cabinet in Greece Sworn in by Archbishop Ieronymos

The members of the new cabinet in Greece were sworn in by the Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece Ieronymos at the Presidential Mansion at noon on Tuesday. The ceremony took place in front of the President of the...

New Greek Foreign and Finance Ministers Named as Mitsotakis Appoints Cabinet

Newly elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced his cabinet a few hours after he was sworn in by President Prokopis Pavlpoulos. Prominent New Democracy lawmaker Nikos Dendias was given the key role of foreign minister while Christos Staikouras was appointed...