Kyriakos Mitsotakis

PM to meet farmers if blockades are lifted; date to be finalized Friday

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' meeting with farmer representatives will reportedly take place on Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning after his return from Belgrade, provided they lift their roadblocks on the national highway network. The date is expected to be finalized on Friday. 

Security system upgrade at Greece’s Fort Knox completed

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas and ministers toured the Bank of Greece's vault which was recently upgraded with new security systems, as guests of its governor, Yannis Stournaras. The vault stores 71 of the 151 tons of Greece's gold.

The US arms sale package explained

Only a few days have passed since the letter of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis informing him of the Department of State's approval of the sale of advanced F-35 multi-mission aircraft and other weapons systems and an intense, and not always cool-headed, debate has erupted about a series of large arms procurement programs.

Farmers dump produce in Thessaloniki and promise to escalate protests

Farmers dumped chestnuts and apples on the pavement outside an agricultural fair in Thessaloniki on Saturday and promised to escalate protests after a Tuesday meeting.

Those who did the dumping outside annual Agrotica trade fair were from the Thessaly region, who came on buses to join their colleagues from the north who had come with their tractors Friday.

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