Earlier this week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis essentially launched his pre-election campaign, unveiling a roadmap to the 2027 elections. We’re also seeing speculation about a possible Alexis Tsipras comeback to the political stage, while the far-right is back in the news. Lamprini Rori joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at these developments.
The bailout period may have ended seven years ago, but the competitiveness deficit of the Greek economy remains large. The gap that separates Greece from other countries, and indeed the wider Balkan and Mediterranean region, is actually deepening.
A passenger flight from Athens to Riga had to make an emergency landing soon after takeoff in the Greek capital on Thursday morning.
After a long spell of clear skies, a change in the weather is expected across Greece, starting on Friday afternoon in the north and expanding southward on Saturday, bringing strong but localized thunderstorms and strong winds.
Greek lawmakers voted on Thursday to set up a committee to conduct a preliminary investigation into a former transport minister who oversaw the railways prior to the country’s worst-ever train crash in 2023.
US defense giants, backed by a strong Congressional delegation from Washington, used the Paris Airshow to showcase cutting-edge technologies and court European partners as they seek to tap into rising regional military spending.
The Athens municipal authority is raising fresh hurdles against a new metro station at Evangelismos, objecting to plans to temporarily close off a section of Rizari Street – which connects two major thoroughfares, Vassilissis Sofias and Vassileos Constantinou avenues, near Syntagma Square – for its construction.
An operation to evacuate 16 Greek citizens from Iran amid escalating hostilities with Israel was “successfully completed under extremely adverse conditions,” the Foreign Ministry in Athens said on Thursday.
Only the United States has the clout to engage Israel and Iran in negotiations as the two countries continue to trade air attacks, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
An undisclosed number of Greek Patriot missile systems are being relocated to the Hellenic Navy and NATO base at Souda Bay in Crete to provide anti-ballistic protection to American assets in the region, Kathimerini has learned.