Kyriakos Mitsotakis

FILE - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes the Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative on Monday, May 13, 2024 when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Wary of wars in Gaza and Ukraine, old foes Turkey and Greece test a friendship initiative

Old foes Turkey and Greece are set to test a five-month-old friendship initiative when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara.
 
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at an event hosted by the Hellenic community in Toronto on Monday, March 25, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Greek opposition party seeks to bring down the government over its handling of a 2023 rail disaster

 
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, left, makes a statement with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Metsola is in Athens on Tuesday, as part of her campaign to raise awareness and encourage people to vote in the European Parliament elections in June. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Despite mounting criticism, Greece’s prime minister defends record on rule of law

 
A supporter of the same-sex marriage bill, reacts during a rally at central Syntagma Square, in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Greece's lawmakers approved a bill that allows same-sex marriage, making the country the first Orthodox Christian to do so. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage

 
Protesting farmers with their tractors take part in a rally outside an agricultural fair in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Greek farmers – hit by rising costs and crop damage caused by recent floods and wildfires – are threatening to block highways to press demands for tax relief and higher subsidy payments. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Protesting Greek farmers debate next moves after government offers some concessions

 

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On the eve of Athens tractor protest, Greek prime minister rules out more concessions to farmers

Greece’s prime minister has ruled out any further concessions to protesting farmers, on the eve of their planned rally that will see tractors converging on central Athens.
 
Protesting farmers with their tractors take part in a rally outside the annual Agrotica trade fair in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Greek farmers – hit by rising costs and crop damage caused by recent floods and wildfires – gathered around the conference center hosting the event in the northern city of Thessaloniki to underline their determination to escalate protests over rising production costs by blocking highways. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek farmers dump produce outside an agricultural fair and promise to escalate protests

Greek farmers have dumped chestnuts and apples on the pavement outside an agricultural fair and promised to escalate protests after a Tuesday meeting.
 
FILE - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks to the photographers as he waits for his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolai Denkov at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Greece's center-right government will soon submit a draft law allowing same-sex civil marriages, despite reservations from its own lawmakers and the country's powerful church, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday, Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Greek prime minister says legislation allowing same-sex marriage will be presented soon

Greece’s center-right prime minister says his government will soon submit legislation allowing civil marriage for same-sex couples.
 
The Palace of Aigai, built more than 2,300 years ago during the reign of Alexander the Great's father, is seen after it fully reopened in ancient Aigai, some 65 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. It was the largest building of classical Greece: The palace where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king before he launched a conquest that took him as far as modern-day Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

After 16-year restoration, Greece unveils palace where Alexander the Great became king

After a 16-year renovation, the Palace of Aigai, where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king, has been reopened.
 
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their statements at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Greece in an effort to mend strained relations and reset ties with Western allies. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Turkish and Greek leaders turn on the charm in Athens as they vow to leave years of animosity behind

Longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey have made a significant step in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
 
FILE - In this photo provided by the Greek Prime Minister's Office, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 20, 2023. Erdogan will fly to Greece Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 on a visit designed to set the historically uneasy neighbors on a more constructive path. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan tends to strained relationship with EU with ‘win-win’ trip to neighbor Greece

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will fly to Greece on Thursday on a visit designed to set the historically uneasy neighbors on a more constructive path and help repair his country’s strained relationship with the European Union.
 
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, on Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece. Sunak accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday of trying to “grandstand” over the disputed Parthenon Marbles and breaking a promise to the U.K. government.
 
FILE - The moon rises in the sky behind the 5th century B.C. Parthenon temple at the ancient Acropolis hill, in Athens, July 31, 2023. The Parthenon Sculptures have been displayed in London for more than 200 years. But Greece vocally wants them back. Diplomacy failed when U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak abruptly called off a London meeting scheduled for Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

How a group of ancient sculptures sparked a dispute between Greece and the UK

What’s the right place for some of the finest ancient Greek sculptures ever made, which have been displayed in London for more than 200 years but which Greece vocally wants back.
 
Visitors look at ancient sculptures that are part of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Greek officials said Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 that they will continue talks with the British Museum on bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelling a meeting with his Greek counterpart where the contested antiquities were due to be discussed.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Greek officials angry and puzzled after UK’s Sunak scraps leaders’ meeting over Parthenon Marbles

Greek officials say they will continue talks with the British Museum on bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens. That’s despite U.K.
 
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, arrives at BBC Broadcasting House to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, in London, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

Diplomatic spat over the Parthenon Marbles scuttles meeting of British and Greek leaders

A diplomatic spat has erupted between Greece and Britain after the U.K. canceled a planned meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
 
A woman walks out of a booth at a voting center during municipal elections, in Cholargos suburb, Athens, Greece, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. The country's two largest cities, and 6 of its 13 regions, are at play in Sunday's runoffs, with low turnout expected again. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greece’s ruling conservatives suffer setbacks in regional, municipal elections

Greece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests.
 

Giannis Ioannidis, who coached teams that dominated Greek basketball in 1980s and 90s, dies at 78

Giannis Ioannidis, one of Greece’s most successful basketball coaches who later entered politics and served as a minister for sports, has died at the age of 78.
 
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, center, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after a press conference at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Israel's prime minister is floating the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula with Europe through Israel and Cyprus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, Pool)

Greece is working with Israel on AI technology to quickly detect wildfires

Greece’s prime minister says his country is working with Israel on developing artificial intelligence technology that would help in early detection of dangerous wildfires.
 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pose after their statements at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Zelenskyy flew to Greece Monday for talks with the country's leadership and to attend an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece’s leader pledges to keep up military support for Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits Athens

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pledging to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes, commenting after talks in Athens with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
 
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic before their meeting at Maximou mansion, in Athens, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece hosts meeting of several Balkan leaders; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy also will attend

The leaders of several Balkan countries are gathering in the Greek capital of Athens along with top European Union officials to discuss the region’s European future.
 
Candles and flowers lie, on the location where a 29-year-old Greek soccer fan has died after overnight clashes between rival supporters in Nea Philadelphia suburb, in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. A 29-year-old fan was killed in overnight clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital, prompting European governing soccer body UEFA to postpone a Champions League qualifying game between AEK Athens and Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Fan killed in Greece during clashes between rival supporters. UEFA postpones Champions League game

A 29-year-old fan has been killed in fierce overnight clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital.
 
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the media, during a press conference with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulide after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Monday, July 31, 2023. Mitsotakis is in Cyprus on an official visit. (Yiannis Kourtoglou Pool via AP)

Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara must drop aggression

Greece’s prime minister says his country wants to take full advantage of a more positive climate with neighboring Turkey in order to improve bilateral relations despite a string of decades-old disputes.
 
A local pulls a tree branch as a wildfire burns in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Crash of plane fighting Greek island wildfire kills both pilots as Italian blaze claims 2 lives

A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures.
 
Retiree Chrysoula Renieri visits her burned out home in Loutraki, about 82 kilometres (51 miles) west of Athens, Greece, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Renieri, 72, was among dozens of people who lost their home in the area as wildfires tore through hillside scrub and forests outside Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Fire crews lose control of blaze near Athens as southern Europe heat wave keeps communities on alert

Evening winds have caused a major wildfire burning west of Greece’s capital to flare up again. Authorities had declared the huge blaze outside Athens contained overnight and Greece’s Fire Service intensified water drops with the help of extra firefighting aircraft deployed from France and Italy.
 
A firefighting helicopter flies through smoke as people watch, at the fire in Mandra west of Athens, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. In Greece, where a second heatwave is expected to hit Thursday, three large wildfires burned outside Athens for a second day. Thousands of people evacuated from coastal areas south of the capital returned to their homes Tuesday when a fire finally receded after they spent the night on beaches, hotels and public facilities. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Wildfires in Greece close highways and threaten an oil refinery, as the EU sends firefighting planes

Fast-moving fires outside Athens forced authorities in Greece to close highways and cancel vacations for firefighters and evacuations were expanded and weather conditions continued to worsen.
 
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses lawmakers during a parliament session in Athens, Greece, Saturday, July 8, 2023. The newly elected Greek government won a vote of confidence from the parliament, following a three-day debate. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece’s government wins vote of confidence in Parliament to begin a second 4-year term

Greece’s conservative government has won a vote of confidence in Parliament to start its second four-year term.
 
Greek lawmakers take the oath during a swearing in ceremony at the parliament in Athens, Greece, Monday, July 3, 2023. The new government's policy statement will be subject to a three-day debate, beginning on Thursday. The debate will culminate in a vote on Saturday, during which the new government will seek a vote of confidence from the parliament. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece’s new parliament sworn in following conservative party’s election victory

Greece’s new lawmakers have been sworn in just over a week after a general election that saw a number of smaller fringe parties from the right and left of the political spectrum enter Parliament for the first time.
 
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes the oath during a swearing in ceremony at the Presidential palace, in Athens, Greece, Monday, June 26, 2023. Greece's center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis received the mandate to form a new government Monday after easily winning a second term with a record-high margin over the leftwing opposition, in an election that also ushered new far-right parties into Parliament. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Conservative Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister while far-right sees election surge

Greece’s center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been sworn in as prime minister for a second consecutive term.
 
A view of the Greek parliament, in Athens, Greece, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Greeks return to the polls Sunday for a second general election in five weeks, with the conservative front-runners eyeing a landslide win after toppling strongholds dominated by their opponents for decades. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Far-right parties make comeback in Greek election as conservatives sweep back to power

Far-right parties have made a comeback in Greek parliamentary elections, including the Spartans party backed by a jailed former lawmaker from an organization linked to violent street attacks against migrants and left-wing activists.
 
FILE - Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party, waves to supporters on the island of Salamina, near Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Greeks heading to the polls on Sunday June 25, for a second general election in five weeks, with conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expected to win re-election by a large margin. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file)

Greek elections a one-horse race after conservatives topple left-wing strongholds

Greeks heading to the polls Sunday for a second general election in five weeks, with conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expected to win reelection by a large margin.
 
Survivors of latest tragical shipwreck prepare to board a bus to transfer to Athens at the port of Kalamata, Greece, Friday, June 16, 2023. The round-the-clock effort continued off the coast of southern Greece despite little hope of finding survivors or bodies after none have been found since Wednesday, when 78 bodies were recovered and 104 people were rescued. (John Liakos/InTime News via AP)

Greek leader blasts critics of rescue effort for sunken migrant vessel

Authorities continued to search for victims and survivors of a trawler that sank off the coast of Greece with as many as 750 migrants on board.
 
In this photo provided by the Greek President's office, Ioannis Sarmas, a senior judicial official who is president of the Court of Audit, meets Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Sarmas was appointed as caretaker prime minister by Sakellaropoulou to form a government that will lead the country to a repeat election after last weekend's inconclusive vote. (Theodore Manolopoulos/Presidency of Hellenic Republic via AP)

Greece appoints judge as caretaker PM ahead of new elections

Senior judge Ioannis Sarmas has been named as Greece’s caretaker prime minister after a general election failed to produce a new government.
 
Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, addresses supporters at the headquarters of his party in Athens, Greece, Sunday, May 21, 2023. The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece heads to new election, after conservatives fail to clinch majority despite landslide win

Greece is heading toward a new general election two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right New Democracy party won a landslide victory in a national vote but failed to clinch a majority in parliament.
 
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, right, meets Greece's center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to hand the mandate trying to form a coalition government, which he is expected to return, at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Monday, May 22, 2023. Despite inflicting the most crushing defeat in half a century on the opposition, Mitsotakis is expected to seek a second national election within weeks, as he lacks the majority in Parliament to govern alone. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece faces new election in weeks, after center right triumphs but falls short of majority

Greece faces new national elections as early as June 25, after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed he wouldn’t try to build a coalition government — despite having dominated the ballot hours earlier by the most decisive margin in half a century.
 
Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses supporters at the headquarters of his party in Athens, Greece, Sunday, May 21, 2023. The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority

The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election victory Sunday but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government outright.
 
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