Syriza
PM to meet with opposition leaders on overseas vote
The office of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is arranging a series of meetings to take place in the next few days between the prime minister and the leaders of Greece's opposition parties for a discussion on whether Greeks living abroad should vote in national elections and how this would be best carried out.
Restraint is strength
The government is in a powerful position, with a comfortable parliamentary majority and with the opposition seeking its way after electoral defeat. The years of crisis and the period of government by leftist SYRIZA and the right-wing nationalist Independent Greeks have broken many taboos, providing a rare opportunity for a new administration to change things in politics and the economy.
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US secretary of state visits Athens
The deepening of strategic cooperation between Greece and the United States and the mutually beneficial aligning of interests in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean are at the heart of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Athens.
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Battling the forces of inertia
If there was one thing that the local and international establishment admired about the former SYRIZA government, it was that it was capable of implementing tough and unpopular measures without generating any meaningful reaction. In some cases leftist officials took care of sensitive issues without making a blip on the radar.
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Zaev, Tsipras urge EU to set date for start of North Macedonia's EU talks
North Macedonia's Premier Zoran Zaev and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called on the European Union to set a date for the start of EU accession talks in October, during a meeting in Skopje on Monday afternoon.
Attica governor calls on SYRIZA to take down festival posters
Newly elected Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis on Monday sent a letter to the president of opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, demanding that the leftist party remove hundreds of posters advertising a music festival organized by its youth wing in Athens last weekend.
Government, main opposition spar over church-state relations in constitutional debate
In their first debate over changes to Greece's Constitution, the government and the main opposition clashed over possible changes in the relations between church and state.
PM slams SYRIZA's proposal on vote of Greeks abroad
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described a proposal submitted by main opposition SYRIZA on the vote of diaspora Greeks in general elections as "deeply offensive," saying it treats them as "second-class citizens."
House reveals politicians' incomes
A parliamentary committee published the source of wealth declaration ("pothen esches") of politicians and other public servants on Thursday for 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared earnings of 41,067 euros in 2018 (for the 2017 fiscal year) and 23,000 euros from mutual funds.
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Greek PM urges investors to take advantage of improved investment climate
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged American investors to take advantage of Greece's improved investment climate and positive economic sentiment.