Costas Karamanlis, former prime minister in the period 2004-2009 and leader of New Democracy for 12 years, announced on Tuesday that he will not be a candidate in the upcoming elections, adding however that he will always support the New Democracy government.
Ουάσιγκτον και Πεκίνο στέλνουν διαφορετικά μηνύματα μεν αλλά με κοινούς αποδέκτες, έναν χρόνο έπειτα από την εισβολή της Ρωσίας στην Ουκρανία.
On Friday, Greece’s Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias said that Greece will experience a 20 percent increase in tourism this year. He also predicted a lengthening of the season this summer.
The shipment of the new humanitarian aid, which includes four containers carrying 50 tons of basic necessities requested by the Turkish authorities as a matter of priority, is underway, as indicated in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“It was moving to see Foreign Minister Dendias and Foreign Minister Cavusoglu together looking at the horrible destruction that the earthquake wreaked in Turkey,” US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried told a press conference in Washington on Wednesday, referring to the recent visit by Greece’s top diplomat, Nikos Dendias, to neighboring Turkey and his meeting with his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
National elections will be held in the spring, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated in an interview to national broadcaster ERT on Thursday evening, adding that he does not wish to prolong the current toxic campaign period.
