Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government find themselves in an enviable but precarious position - both dominant and fragile at the same time. They have no rival at the party level but face the critical mass of the country's problems, which were highlighted in the most tragic fashion by the train collision at Tempe and all that has followed.

In response to SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis' request for early polls, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed Tuesday that national elections will be held at the end of his government's four-year term. 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to play a leading role in New Democracy's European elections campaign. 

He said as much in his speech that closed the proceedings of the three-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of New Democracy.

Government officials are surprised and angered by the opposition's call for a fresh vote mere months after their election triumph. The conservatives' arrogance, fueled by their 41 percent victory, blinds them to the significant events of the past 10 months that have reshaped the political landscape based on which voters entrusted Kyriakos Mitsotakis with governing the country.

“We are concerned not only about the number of incidents, but also about the intensity of the violence,” said Mitsotakis. Pierakakis added that bullying in schools is a national issue

A Turkish delegation is slated to attend talks on Confidence Building Measures (CBM) in Athens on April 22, followed by a meeting in Istanbul on April 26, according to diplomatic sources. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' visit to Turkey has yet to be scheduled but is anticipated in mid-May.

Populism in its various forms, be it from the far right or far left, is the greatest danger facing all the European countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told the final day of his New Democracy party's congress.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is one of the "strongest voices" among the leaders of the EU's 27 member states, European People's Party president Manfred Weber told delegates attending the New Democracy congress on Saturday.

"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.