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The New Greek Government Will Put an End to University Asylum

One of the first pre-election pledges of New Democracy leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was the abolition of the academic asylum in Greek universities, a controversial issue that plagues several campuses across Greece. The university asylum as a concept was established after...

German Chancellor Merkel Says Greece's Mitsotakis Promised Quick Reforms

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, revealed on Wednesday that Greece’s new Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, promised in a phone call that he would quickly implement the reform program, Reuters reports. Speaking at a news conference with Finland’s Prime Minister, Merkel also...

PM Misotakis Urges His Cabinet to "Unite Greeks"

"Hard work is waiting for all of us," Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said on Wednesday during his speech at the first cabinet meeting of the new government. "I have absolute confidence in our ability to change Greece," he underlined and...

Donald Trump Congratulates New Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday congratulated Greece's new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the telephone. According to the Prime Minister's office announcement: "Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a telephone conversation tonight with United States President Donald Trump. The American President...

Google, EU, OECD Technocrats on a Mission to Reform Greece

Committed to reforms and reducing bureaucracy in the Greek public sector, newly-elect Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has appointed several technocrats to ministries with impressive resumes. Some of the new ministers and deputies in the government are not politicians but industry...

Opinion: Greece's Next Chapter

By Andrew Tzembelicos Now that Greece is beyond the July 7 national election, it has entered a new chapter in its history. That calls for charting a different course from the past decade, involving several key elements. One is critical investment in infrastructure...

Mareva Grabowski Mitsotakis: Meet the First Lady of Greece

Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, the wife of newly elected Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is not technically the "First Lady", as that honor is usually afforded to the spouse of the head of State. In Greece's case, that would be the wife...

Prominent Member of Diaspora Appointed Minister for Greek Expatriates

Greece's new Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday appointed Antonis H. Diamataris, the publisher-editor of 'The National Herald' as the Deputy Minister for Expatriate Greeks. Since 1979, Diamataris is the publisher-editor of the 'Ethnikos Kyrix' - the oldest Greek-language newspaper...

German Chancellor Merkel Invites Greek PM Mitsotakis to Visit Berlin

Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is to visit Berlin in late August, at the invitation of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Merkel extended the invitation during a phone call to Mitsotakis on Tuesday morning to congratulate him on his victory in the...

Greece's Creditors say No Changes in Bailout Program Terms for New PM

Greece’s creditors have said no to calls from the country’s new conservative government to ease harsh budget conditions agreed as part of its rescue program, AP reports. New Democracy leader and Greece's new Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected after...