Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a package of measures on Friday to further support farmers, aiming to end escalating agricultural mobilizations and roadblocks.

Escaping the grip of populism requires a combination of honesty and flexibility, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.

In an "post-populist," 1,000-word contribution to the "By Invitation" series in the Economist, Mitsotakis discussed the means he mobilized to deal with the "rise of populism."

Protesting farmers who have lined up their tractors outside the annual agricultural fair in Thessaloniki have indicated their intention to escalate their protests, despite the government announcing it will extend a special tax return on agricultural diesel by a year.

Greece will extend a special tax return on agricultural diesel by a year, to support protesting farmers who demand lower energy costs and fast compensation for crops and livestock lost in destructive flooding, its prime minister said on Friday.

Following the conclusion of the Special European Council in Brussels on Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed that the demands of striking farmers in Greece would be addressed in the Greek Parliament on Friday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks with farmers at a roadblock at the entrance of Vonitsa in Western Greece on Wednesday. Farmers had set up a blockade demanding a reduction in production costs, compensation and infrastructure projects. For his part, Mitsotakis said the government will do everything it can to help farmers and all those struggling with rising prices.

When Yolanda Kalantzi and Georgia Ampatzidou fell in love eight years ago, they said the idea of getting married was "science fiction" in deeply conservative Greece, where LGBT+ couples cannot wed or adopt.

Now they have a tentative wedding date for spring, tease each other about their ballooning guest list, and are already considering outfits and flowers.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is participating in the Special European Council taking place in Brussels on Thursday, where he will again support Greece's position in favor of a comprehensive approach to the mid-term revision of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework, with a package deal that includes aid to Ukraine but also increased funds for migration and responding to natural disasters.

One of the most issue-plagued public works of recent decades, the Amvrakia-Aktio highway, was officially inaugurated on Wednesday. The 48.5 km road connecting Aktio in northwestern Greece to the Ionian highway around Lake Amvrakia is considered a pivotal project that will foster economic development, tourism, and enhance road safety across the region.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday visited the construction site where the Amfilochia pumped storage energy unit in northwestern Aetolia-Acarnania is being built, which is the biggest large-scale energy storage investment in Greece.