Is 2025 liberal democracy’s 1989?
Each day it seems clearer that we are living through something akin to what 1989 was for the Soviet Bloc – a chain of events leading to the collapse of the old and the establishment of a new order.
PM: Greece emerging as energy gateway
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece is consolidating its role as a key energy gateway for Southeastern Europe, highlighting the country’s economic progress and strengthening ties with the US in a recorded message to an investment forum in New York.
National Security Council to convene on Tuesday
Greece’s top decision-making body on foreign and defense policy, KYSEA, will convene on Tuesday, the government said.
Theodorikakos: Strategic relationship between Greece and US made stronger
The strategic relationship between Greece and the US is being made even stronger, a development that works in favor of the Greek nation, noted Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos in an interview with Greek-American newspaper The National Herald during his visit to the US.
Solutions sought as farmer unrest grows
The government is racing to unlock delayed agricultural payments as farmers intensify nationwide protests, erecting roadblocks and staging confrontations that have raised concerns over public order and the economy.
Berlin-Athens migrant returns ‘understanding’
Greece and Germany have reached a bilateral “understanding” to clear all pending asylum return cases under the EU’s Dublin Regulation, eliminating returns to Greece through at least the first half of 2026, Greek government sources said.
Cyprus supports the euro for the EU, questions its value domestically
Cyprus shows a high level of support for the euro as positive for the European Union, with 80% of respondents agreeing, per Eurobarometer.
Cyprus urges fast progress on ‘Aphrodite’
Christodoulides referred to the need to accelerate procedures for implementing what has been agreed with Egypt as regards the Aphrodite natural gas field.
Prodea sells €745m mlnportfolio as it pivots to hospitality and logistics
Prodea Investments has completed a significant transaction to sell part of its portfolio, amounting to 745 million euros, through which it will finance the strategic shift toward the high-end hospitality and logistics sectors, where an investment program of €850 million is already under way.
Karamanlis’ warning over quality of democracy
Former conservative prime minister Costas Karamanlis warned that political polarization, degraded public discourse, and unresolved questions over phone surveillance threaten the quality of Greece’s democracy.