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“We said it and we did it,” says Greek PM as Thessaloniki Metro opens five new stations
Thessaloniki Metro's Kalamaria extension opened to passengers at 15:00 on Thursday, adding five stations and 4.5 kilometres of track, as full network operating hours resumed following the ceremonial handover attended by the prime minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets UN Secretary-General candidate Carolina Rodriguez
During the meeting, Ms. Rodriguez Birket briefed the Prime Minister on her program and priorities for the Organization, while the Prime Minister highlighted Greece’s role at the UN
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.
Petrounias claims rings bronze to reach 11 European medals
Armenian gymnast Artur Avetisyan claimed rings gold on a higher difficulty score, while Russian rival Ilia Zaika settled for silver, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Petrounias on social media following his latest podium finish
