politics

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a warning that the "Libyan chaos" could  extend to the entire Mediterranean Sea during his Friday meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Istanbul. ''The chaos that prevails in Libya is likely to have consequences...

PASKEDI, Greece's Association of Facilities and Consumers in Catering recently decided to appeal the latest smoking-ban law which has been enforced throughout the country since November of 2019. The PASKEDI association filed a petition before Greece's Council of State, the...

World leaders agreed on a final communique regarding Libya during a conference held in Berlin on Sunday. Details of the agreement were presented during a press conference by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN Special Envoy for Libya...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on Saturday on the phone with the President of the European Council Charles Michel at the latter's initiative and with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the issue of Libya. According to...

The commander of rebel forces in war-torn Libya, General Khalifa Haftar, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens today in a bid to counter Turkish support for his opponents. The surprise visit by Haftar takes place ahead of a...

The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), Greece's supreme decision-making body on issues of foreign policy and national defense, held a meeting on Friday morning and named who would become the new leaders of the country's armed...

It was announced on Thursday that the first Parliamentary vote to elect the next Greek President will take place on Wednesday, January 22. According to the recently-amended Greek Constitution, the first vote requires a 2/3 majority for a candidate to...

The Greek government announced on Thursday the formation of a special commission to draft a new "Growth Plan" for the Greek economy. The commission includes economists and executives who will combine their accumulated academic knowledge, international acumen, market knowledge and...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in a televised address on Wednesday evening that Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, the first female president of the Council of State, will be his party's candidate for the post of the President of the Hellenic Republic, the...

The Greek state budget recorded a primary surplus of 4.96 billion euros in 2019, up from a budget surplus target of 4.4 billion and a primary surplus of 91 million euros in the same period in 2018, the Finance Ministry said...