Kyriakos Mitsotakis

"At Tempe, our country collided with all that plagues it," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during the no-confidence motion against his government. "On that fateful night, chronic weaknesses of our state joined forces with human error. That is what I said then, this is what I say today."

The economy cannot prosper without a secure society, freedom, independence and national sovereignty, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told New Democracy congress, which got underway at the Zappeion Mansion in Athens on Friday.

The congress, the 15th in the party's history, coincides with the 50th anniversary of the New Democracy's founding.

Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, the wife of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has issued a legal threat to a SYRIZA MP, challenging a number of allegations the latter made in two recent social media posts.

PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has welcomed a decision by the Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, that a law forbidding independent privacy watchdog ADAE from informing him about the data collected during his surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) was unconstitutional.

 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hosted on Wednesday the heads of companies and unions that are members of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Traders (IFPMA).

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his British, Finnish, Greek, and Bulgarian counterparts on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers' summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

Fidan and British Foreign Minister David Cameron discussed a variety of topics, including the Gaza and Ukraine conflicts, according to diplomatic sources.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis met with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Brussels, on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting.

Is something really going on in Greece's politics? A cursory answer would be negative, that nothing worthwhile is happening. Of course, Metron Analysis' March 21 poll finding that "Nobody" takes the lead after five years with 39% of respondents providing that answer to the question "Who is most suitable for prime minister?" is important.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's first defeat in local elections on Sunday will not have an impact on Turkey's foreign policy, according to the regional director of the Turkish branch of the think tank The German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have meetings with 20 managing directors and five presidents of associations from the largest multinational biopharmaceutical groups worldwide on Tuesday and Wednesday.