Government of Greece

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Wednesday expressed condolences to his American counterpart Donald Trump over a suspected terrorist attack in New York City on Tuesday night that left eight people dead.

An Athens appeals court on Tuesday ordered that former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos be returned to prison after rejecting his appeal against his conviction for money laundering.

New Democracy lawmaker Nikitas Kaklamanis on Tuesday submitted a question to Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis and Alternate Minister for Citizens' Protection Nikos Toskas regarding the number of inmates released from custody under a decision by the previous justice minister for easing over-crowding at Greece's prisons.

An Athens appeals court on Monday upheld convictions for 16 people including former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos in connection with millions of euros worth of kickbacks from state defense contracts.

Speaking to his party's lawmakers last week, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to pick apart the government's narrative about Greece turning the corner. In doing so, he raised some interesting points of debate.

The spectacular photos from the military parade in honour of the “Ochi” (trnslt. “No”) Day National Anniversary.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has removed Katerina Papakosta from the party's parliamentary group for straying from the party line.

Mitsotakis announced his decision in a tweet on Thursday morning saying that he had informed the Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis that Papakosta will no longer be a part of New Democracy's parliamentary group.

The president of the Greek main opposition party New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced on Thursday with an official letter to the President of the Parliament, Nikos Boutsis, that MP Katerina Papakosta is no longer a member of the New Democracy’s Parliamentary group.

The reason for this was that Katerina Papakosta’s statements yesterday in favor of Panos Kammenos.

Greece's creditors are expressing reservations over whether the country will achieve a primary budget surplus of 3.5 percent of gross domestic product next year, saying they expect the figure to come in 0.2-0.3 percent of GDP below the target (360-540 million euros).

In the wake of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's visit to the US last week and the praise he showered on Greeks living abroad, conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday resubmitted to Parliament his proposal to give diaspora Greeks the right to vote in Greek elections.