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A man in a dark blue suit and tie (Kyriakos Mitsotakis) sits in front of a microphone and smiles into the camera
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a Greek politician. He has been the leader of the conservative New Democracy party since 2016 and prime minister of Greece since 2019.

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Reports & Analysis

In the foreground, ten people dressed in summer clothes sit on a sailing boat. Some of them are looking at a large group of migrants, most of whom are men, packed onto a quay behind them in the background. Most of the migrants are sitting on the ground close together in rows in front of the quay wall. An ambulance with its rear door open is parked beside the migrants. The sun is shining. Agia Galini, Crete, Greece, July 6, 2025

Is Greece in the middle of a new refugee crisis?

Is Greece in the middle of a new refugee crisis?

Greece wants to use tough measures to deter refugees entering the country by sea from Libya.
MigrationJuly 16, 2025
A man (Kyriakos Mitsotakis) in a dark suit and tie holds out both hands as he speaks at a lectern. The flags of the EU and Greece can be seen in the background, Berlin, Germany, May 13, 2025

Greek government in crisis after EU subsidy scandal

Greek government in crisis after EU subsidy scandal

A scandal concerning illegally obtained EU agricultural subsidies has rocked Greece and led to a number of resignations.
PoliticsJune 30, 2025
Young men and women in a crowd chant slogans and hold up banners and signs with messages in Greek, one of which reads 'I have no oxygen'

Greeks to mark anniversary of Tempi train crash with strike

Greeks to mark anniversary of Tempi train crash with strike

Two years after the train crash that killed 57 people, Greeks are still demanding justice for the victims of the crash.
PoliticsFebruary 27, 2025
A panoramic view of homes on Santorini, with red-and-white caution tape in the foreground

Greek island of Santorini rocked by relentless quakes

Greek island of Santorini rocked by relentless quakes

Thousands of tremors have hit Santorini in the past two weeks. Residents and tourists left for the mainland in droves.
CatastropheFebruary 7, 202502:46 min
Yellow metal pipes and pipe wheels at a compressor station in Greece

Greece: Offshore gas instead of green energy projects?

Greece: Offshore gas instead of green energy projects?

The Greek government seems to have shifted its energy policy focus from green energy to offshore gas production.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 5, 2025
A border guard in a yellow safety vest with the German word for 'police' on the back uses a traffic paddle to indicate to the driver of a black car to stop at the Walserberg border crossing between Germany and Austria

Concern in Greece about German border checks

Concern in Greece about German border checks

Athens is worried that Germany's reintroduction of border checks could have a knock-on effect across Europe.
PoliticsSeptember 25, 2024
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Ethnic Greek Albanian politician Fredi Beleri sits at a table on a terrace

Jailed ethnic Greek Albanian seeks to become Greek MEP

Greece's ruling party has put a jailed mayor-elect from Albania's Greek minority on its list for the EU elections.
PoliticsMay 31, 2024
Posters for the social-democratic PASOK party in Greece in the run-up to the parliamentary election on Sunday, June 25, 2023

Greece: Leftist parties in crisis in run-up to election

Greece goes to the polls on Sunday for the second time in just over a month. The outlook for leftist parties is bleak.
PoliticsJune 21, 2023
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