Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Government National Security Council (KYSEA) will meet extraordinarily at 10:30 in the morning.

As it became known, KYSEA is meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with the participation of the Minister of Environment and Energy, Costas Skrekas.

In the meantime, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is returning to Athens on an emergency basis.

Ruling New Democracy (ND) party's lead over main opposition SYRIZA party dropped below 10 percentage points, according to results in a latest opinion poll released on Monday.

The poll was conducted by the Alco firm and presented on the Athens-based Open television channel's prime-time newscast.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discusses US-Greece relations, the Ukraine Crisis, and the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean with US Vice President Kamala Harris on the margins of the annual Munich Security Conference today.

The full range of bilateral relations, which according to the readout from the PM's office are at their best level ever, was discussed.

Greece's parliament on Tuesday approved a 3 billion euro ($3.4 billion) agreement for three new French-made frigates that defense officials say are vital for addressing ongoing tensions with neighboring Turkey.

Ruling New Democracy maintains an 11.6 percentage point lead over main opposition SYRIZA in an Opinion Poll survey conducted between 7-12 February for tomanifesto.gr.

The poll shows that centre-left KINAL is on the rise and if that trend continues, some analysts believe it could have a fighting chance of beating SYRIZA for second place

The route taken by Russian natural gas to reach our country, as well as the alternative sources of supply of this fuel, are the two main reasons why Greece appears reassuring in dealing with the possible consequences of a possible decision of Moscow to close the pipelines that cross Ukraine.

The Greek government is trying deal with a confounding conundrum on the Ukrainian issue. Any military flareup in Ukraine, as the West anticipates, will essentially put Greece between the US and Russia and, in essence, will dangerously disrupt the relations between Athens and Moscow.

EU commitments and NATO decisions

Permanent reduction of ENFIA property tax by 13% was announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The statement of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is as follows:

Parliament Speaker Kostas Tasoulas has referred SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis to the legislature's Ethics Committee in the latest episode in the vendetta between the SYRIZA MP and Development Minister and New Democracy vice-president Adonis Georgiadis over charges that the latter as health minister received kickbacks from the pharmaceutical giant Novartis.

"Thessaloniki is changing its face and I believe that this is one of the reasons why it is gaining its own distinct development dynamics," said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, visiting the former "Pavlos Melas" army camp, which is being transformed into a metropolitan park.