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Mr. Tsipras declared that, “We are the par excellence party of self-criticism.” Yet, he acknowledged no errors and offered no indication that he has abandoned his populist past.

Citizens who voted the current government into office in 2019 seriously took into account the commitment of the ruling party’s leader that he could ensure a return to normalcy, and normalcy entails stable electoral cycles.

The spending package that was announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis last week was reminiscent of a bygone era, when governments each autumn had the capacity to distribute money without considering the cost.

The perceived intention that most people in the PM's pledges, snap elections, was denied categorically by the government, which argued that relief measures are simply a “growth dividend”.

The government is keenly aware of the importance of investing in the future of Greece's youth and is already preparing a multi-pronged plan to attract the younger generation.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was right when he said at his Thessaloniki International Fair news conference yesterday that most times snap elections are a matter of political tactics.

Amidst rampant talk about the prospect of snap elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sendt a strong message that his government will serve out its full, four-year term.

Angela Merkel said that the most difficult moment in her 16-year tenure Greece’s economic crisis was when she demanded too much from the Greek people.

'Today, the philosophy [approach] entirely different. Vaccination is a bulwark that permits in-person operation of our schools, while self-tests help reduce transmission,' said

The apparent extent of fake COVID-19 vax certificates networks is already alarming. It poses a critical threat that must be confronted before social contacts shift to indoor spaces.

Over three months ago a report in Ta Nea revealed that one of the government’s basic pre-electoral pledges, the establishment of university policing forces, would be postponed.

A massive number of mourners gathered outside of Athens Cathedral today to bid farewell to the beloved composer Mikis Theodorakis, who died at age 96 and left a deep imprint on the Greek soul and national consciousness, at the funeral.

Any investment in private schools must be subject to strict terms and rules so as to ensure the quality of the educational process and that nothing will be done at the expense of public schools.

The course of GDP, over the whole of this year, will be better than the estimates made in the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy Framework, said the Minister of Finance

'Under the supervision of interior minister Namik Gedik - over 4,000 Greek businesses and over 3,000 Greek homes were destroyed. British diplomatic sources put the damages at 100 million pounds.'

'I returned it [Hagia Sophia] to those who are its owners since the time of Mehmed the Conqueror...Either I will take Byzantium or Byzantium will take me,' Erdogan declared.

One must be reminded that the supermarket cart and the cost of food for the average family lies at the core of its budget planning and reflects its standard of living.

Many link him to their first acquaintance with the great French singer Edith Piaf, with the poets Yorgos Seferis and Odysseas Elytis (both Nobel Prize winners) and with poet Yannis Ritsos,

Government and experts on alert as the Delta mutation continues to dominate the country and the new “Mu” mutation makes its appearance with the first cases

The US is definitively abandoning its efforts to export democracy and is focusing on its own modernisation in order to avert Chinese geopolitical predominance.

Scientists have warned of the dangers posed by the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 and they constantly stress the benefits of vaccination for public health and the health of individuals.

The PM also created a Civil Protection Ministry that will be responsible, inter alia, for the Fire Service, which has been blamed for inadequate management of the August wildfires.

Olaf Scholz wants stricter measures to manage climate change. He also wants to increase the minimum wage from 9.6 to 12 euros per hour, and he knows very well where to find the funds.

The government spokesman has said that nothing has yet been decided. Yet, other countries have already decided to institute mandatory vaccination in the army, most recently the US.

An important positive element in the parliamentary debate was the plea for the “boulevard of science” to be embraced, and not the “side-road of lies”.

Just days ago, the government had announced that healthcare workers who remained unvaccinated would be suspended from work without pay, a move that could have raised tensions in the health system at a critical juncture.

According to a study by the National Bank, in June this year 1/3 of the air passengers of 2019 were recovered (compared to 3% in June 2020), while in July 2021 the 2/3 of the passengers of 2019 were recovered (compared to 29% in July 2020 )

If the percentage of vaccinated people does not increase substantially, then the new measures will not be able to stem the wave of new cases and deaths, even if they are religiously implemented.

“You told us here that you achieved your goals, with the forests still smoking. “Ever since apologies were discovered, filotimo [honor] has been lost”, stressed Fofi Gennimata using a traditional Greek proverb in the context of the debate in the Parliament on the fires

“It is sad that in such a tragedy the prime minister seeks to cover up and transfer responsibilities”, said the president of SYRIZA

In a thinly veiled comparison with SYRIZA’s handling of the 2018 Mati wildfire in which 102 people died, the PM said that the government’s handling of the month’s wild saved lives.

Scientists constantly call for mass vaccination of the population, constantly assuring that vaccines are safe and that vaccinated people have a minimal risk of becoming seriously ill.