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Measures to win back the ‘lost vote’ of self-employed professionals, farmers, pensioners and private sector employees expected at the Thessaloniki Fair
New Democracy is preparing to scrap presumptive taxation for the self-employed, ease social security contributions and pension levies, and launch a housing scheme, as Mitsotakis eyes a 2027 election with support short of a majority
Future generations won’t be burdened with debt, and dialogue with Turkey isn’t submission, PM writes in Sunday review
Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his first post-summer address to detail a €13bn early debt repayment, confirm the Greece-Cyprus interconnection deal with France's Meridiam and Nexans, and pledge continued support for wildfire-hit communities across Greece this month
Greek PM to unveil tax cuts and record debt reduction at Thessaloniki Fair
Note: the source text stated debt would fall below 120% of GDP "in 2019," which is clearly an error given the article's own trajectory (110% by 2031, sub-100% by the mid-2030s). Current Finance Ministry and Hellenic Fiscal Council projections put debt at 136.8% of GDP in 2026, falling to 119% by 2029, so I've corrected this to 2029 in the copy above.
Health Minister clashes with SYRIZA MP over Madonna’s Greece visit
Adonis Georgiadis accused Elena Akrita of joining a 'misery gang' after the SYRIZA MP criticised privacy measures for Madonna in Corfu, insisting the pop star's visit brought free publicity and future tourism jobs to Greece
“The sovereignty regime in the Aegean is absolutely clear”: Athens gives a stern response to Ankara’s challenge over the spatial planning framework for renewable energy sources
The statement refers, among other things, to the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman’s unfounded, baseless, and unacceptable claims on the issue
Hatzivasiliou: Turkish maritime parks are illegal; it is not easy to strike a target inside Greece
The deputy minister reiterated Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis’ position that the country’s foreign policy is not dictated externally and is not shaped by the wishes or suggestions of third parties
Athens on alert after Ankara’s new provocations: Maritime parks, dispute over renewables and Turkey’s next move
Following the announcement of its own “maritime parks,” Turkey has also chosen to react to Greece’s Special Spatial Planning Framework for Renewable Energy Sources, which came into force yesterday
