Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (l), Kathimerini Executive Editor Alexis Papachelas (center) and the head of the National Bank Cultural Foundation (MIET), Kostas Kostis, take part in a discussion during the "50 Years of the Metapolitefsi" conference in Athens on Thursday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted his commitment to a political agenda of reforms that "will never be reversed" during his discussion with Kostas Kostis, director of MIET and and professor of economics and social history at the University of Athens, and Alexis Papahelas, executive editor of Kathimerini, at the "50 Years of the Metapolitefsi" conference in Athens on Thursday.

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias laid out the plans to modernize the country's armed forces further on Thursday during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Dendias said that part of the military's upgrades will adhere to the United Nations' Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, adding that innovation will play a key role in its implementation.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair a cabinet meeting on Thursday at the Maximos Mansion.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commemorated the one-year anniversary of the railway disaster in Tempe, central Greece, which occurred on February 28, 2023, claiming the lives of 57 people. He expressed his conviction that those responsible would be held accountable.

“As Prime Minister, as a citizen, but also as a father, I share in the nation’s grief,” Mr. Mitsotakis emphasized in his message for the tragic anniversary

After 57 people were killed in Greece's worst train disaster a year ago, the government promised to fix a system crumbling from decades of neglect.

"Trains will resume operations with safety at the maximum possible level," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said weeks after the crash.

Amid the backlash from some clerics over Parliament's recent ratification of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, Archbishop Ieronymos ordered an ecclesiastical inquiry on Tuesday concerning the archimandrite of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, Father Seraphim Dimitriou, over his recent behavior toward a socialist MP.

Greece has formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis extended birthday wishes to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a telephone call on Monday.

The Turkish president celebrated his 70th birthday.