Politics

The wife of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is recovering in a hospital after suffering an accident in Milan during a trip to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, officials said.Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki underwent surgery on both hands at a hospital in Athens after returning from Italy. The procedures were performed by the head of the hospital’s hand and microsurgery unit. According to available information, her condition is good and she remains hospitalized for recovery, with the prime minister by her side.The accident occurred on Saturday while the couple was in Milan for the opening of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. On Friday evening, the prime minister had traveled to the Italian city with his wife to attend the ceremony.Earlier, Mitsotakis shared...

For a nation that has been through as much political and economic turmoil as Greece has had to endure during a decade-long financial crisis, the results of its parliamentary elections on May 21 came as a surprise. No pollster or political analyst expected the kind of comfortable lead that the country’s ruling New Democracy Party secured under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.  At 40 percent of the vote (and a whopping 20 percentage points above second-place Syriza, the leftist party of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras) the New Democracy Party’s showing was higher than when Mitsotakis was first elected to power in 2019. In fact, it is the best of any incumbent Greek government in half a century. The impressive win is widely considered a vote of confidence in the Greek prime ministe...

Some key dates in modern Greek history: 1821-1829 - Greek War of Independence from Ottoman Empire.1832 - Prince Otto of Bavaria is chosen as the first king of independent Greece.1913 - Greece gains Epirus, Macedonia, Crete and the North Aegean Islands from the Ottomans in the First Balkan War, and then West Thrace from Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War.1919-22 - Greco-Turkish War - Greek invasion of Asia Minor prompted by the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War One is defeated by Turkish forces.1936 - General Ioannis Metaxas appointed prime minister, establishes right-wing dictatorship.1940 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's forces attack Greece from Italian-held Albania, but are repelled.1941 - Metaxas dies. Greece falls to German forces. More than 100,000 die in famine.1942...

Greece likes to proclaim itself as the cradle of democracy. It is a fair claim, since many of the ground rules of democracy – secret ballots, open debates, enforceable laws and treatises on political philosophy – were set out in Athens 2,500 years ago. And Greece has bucked the trend of 21st century politics. It was openly and cruelly punished by Angela Merkel, who was desperate to save German banks and industrial conglomerates that had corrupted Greek politicians and officials well before Greece swapped the drachma for the Euro at the turn of the century. No turn to nationalist, anti-Brussels demagogy But Greece is the rare EU member state not to have relapsed into extremist nationalist, xenophobic or anti-Brussels demagogy in the manner of Le Pen in France, Farage in England, Salvini in ...

What is Sergey Lavrov aiming at with his attack on the Greek government, seeing as every sane person knows that Greece (like the rest of the EU and NATO) came to the support of Ukraine and international law when Russia invaded its neighbor? The fact that the Russian foreign minister’s statement was in the context of an appraisal of his country’s diplomatic activity in 2025, and was posted by the Russian Embassy in Athens, suggests that the ideal recipients were the Russian people and the longstanding pro-Russian current in Greece – not those who are not already convinced of Russia’s good intentions. By accusing a traditional friend of “aggressive anti-Russian declarations and baseless Russophobic accusations against us,” Lavrov is trying to persuade his compatriots that they are victims of...

Aphrodite Latinopoulou, leader of the party Voice of Reason, proposed establishing closed migrant centres on the uninhabited islands of Gyaros and Makronisos and assigning forced labour to people who entered Greece illegally. Latinopoulou made the comments during an interview on the programme 15 Minutes with journalist Giorgos Papachristos, where she described migration as an “invasion” and framed it as an existential issue for Greece and Europe. She accused the Greek government of ignoring the situation and alleged that an organised system of financial interests sat behind migration flows. She also criticised NGOs, the European Union, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally. Latinopoulou described migration as a threat to national security and social cohesion. She said migrants...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government holds majority in parliament and is expected to survive Friday’s vote.Published On 5 Mar 20255 Mar 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareGreek opposition parties have submitted a motion to trigger a no-confidence vote against the government over its handling of a deadly 2023 train crash, days after protesters brought the country to a standstill to press their demands for political accountability.Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the crash, demanding justice for the victims. Fifty-seven people, mostly students, were killed in the disaster.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNikos Androulakis, the leader of the socialist PASOK party, said on W...

Greece’s National Gallery was forced to close on Monday after a religious fundamentalist, right-wing politician vandalized artworks he deemed to be blasphemous in an exhibition of contemporary Greek art. With the aid of an accomplice, the elected official allegedly targeted four paintings, which he forcibly removed from the wall and threw to the ground, shattering their protective glass of at least two works. The Athens museum confirmed that the attack took place at around 11:35 a.m. local time on March 10. The damaged artworks, all by the same artist, Christoforos Katsadiotis, included three pieces from his “Icon” series and Saint Christopher (2020). The works are caricatures of religious icons. Nikolaos Papadopoulos is a member of parliament in Greece, representing the far-right and ultr...

Nick Mitropoulos, a prominent figure in the Greek-American community, died Monday at the age of 73. He rose to prominence as the right-hand man to former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis during his presidential campaign in 1988 and went on to play an active role in the state’s political life. Mitropoulos maintained close ties with the Greek-American community, advising many Greek politicians who sought his guidance, and supporting every Greek initiative in Boston, from student efforts to broader community projects. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was the third child of Aikaterini and Theodoros Mitropoulos. He graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, attended Boston University and later went on to earn a second postgraduate degree at the University of Oxford in England. ...

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, performs at the Athens Concert Hall on Sept. 1, 2020. (InTime News via AP) Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, performs at the Athens Concert Hall on Sept. 1, 2020. (InTime News via AP)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Popular Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, known for his allegorical and deeply poetic lyrics that commented on Greek politics, identity and society, has died. He was 80. A prominent figure on the Greek cultural and intellectual scene, Savvopoulos died Tuesday night, his family announced on his official social media account. The musician had been hospitalized in recent days, and had been battling cancer for several years. Known by his nickname Nionios — a commonly used nickname for Dionysis — Savvopoulos ros...