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In a meeting that took place on Wednesday at the Maximos Mansion, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested that Covid-19 measures be implemented more strictly to prevent any further outbreaks of the disease in Greece. The Prime Minister stated that while...

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AHCC) held an official dinner on Monday in Athens in honor of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The event, part of the 30th annual "Greek Economic Summit" conference organized by AHCC, was held in a full-to-capacity...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday briefed political party leaders on this week's visit to the US and his meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. Mitsotakis stressed the need for national unity in view of developments on...

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented a new, National Action Plan against smoking on Tuesday, a cornerstone of one of his main priorities, to completely change Greece's historically loose approach to smoking in public places. "The smoking ban is a bold initiative...

Outgoing premier Alexis Tsipras on Monday handed over power to his successor Kyriakos Mitsotakis who swept to a landslide victory in Sunday's general elections. Speaking earlier outside the presidential Mansion where he was sworn-in, Mitsotakis told journalists the Greek people...

The winner of the July 7 elections and new prime minister of Greece became New Democracy president in January 2016, after he was elected by his party members. For three and a half years he worked tirelessly and diligently to...

Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras made a rare appearance at the entrance of Maximos Mansion on Thursday in order to respond to the European Commission's remarks about his government's decision to implement several relief measures. Tsipras went in front of journalists...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid an official visit to to Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, a full eleven years after former Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' visit in 2008. Tsipras stated that the eleven years since the last visit by a...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a minor reshuffling of his cabinet on Friday, following decisions by some ministers to run as candidates in local and municipal elections scheduled for May. Georgios Katrougalos, who has been upgraded from his post as...

Both Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will benefit if the name deal agreed between the two countries is implemented as soon as possible, the Balkan country’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said. In an interview with Euronews published...

A joint meeting between the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, the Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to take place today in Israel. The meeting’s main focus will be the ways in...

Alexis Tsipras answers questions next to Antonio Tajani Source: AMNA Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras spoke of his desire to replace fear with hope during a visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. "Our political duty today is to replace this Europe...

The FYROM name agreement has been passed from the hands of foreign ministers to the prime ministers level, said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday, following talks with Skopje counterpart Nikola Dimitrov. The two officials met in Brussels with...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has no alternative but to become a member of NATO and the European Union, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Wednesday. The FYROM prime minister spoke about Skopje's commitment to become a member of...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proposed five measures to tackle migration and refugee flows on a European level, during his address at the two-day summit in Brussels on Thursday. Tsipras spoke of the recent increase in refugee flows in the Aegean,...