Speaking during a visit to northern Greece, the prime minister defended his government's record on tax evasion, ruled out cooperation with opposition parties and warned his own officials against arrogance ahead of next year's election

With his party's support eroding in the north, the prime minister moves on to Mount Olympus for a UNESCO celebration, then to Thessaloniki on Saturday to sign a relics accord with Bulgaria.

The Greek prime minister said the measures would be reviewed every 15 days, but his pledge to hold heating oil below €1.75 a liter still lacks details.

The five-day trip includes visits to Nvidia and Tesla, meetings with institutional investors and foreign leaders, talks with American Jewish organizations and an address to the UN General Assembly

The prime minister accused PASOK of blocking reforms it agrees with, while Nikos Androulakis said the prime minister portrays a democratic change of government as a threat to the nation

With energy prices surging, the government is holding another round of high level meetings, but officials say today's session is being framed as just a stock taking exercise, deferring any decisions until after this week's EU finance talks

Greece has not publicly endorsed a candidate for UN Secretary-General, though diplomatic sources suggest Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan ranks high among Athens' informal preferences

'We threaten no one but accept no threats from anyone,' was the widely reproduced 'headline' statement made by the Greek prime minister; support measures remote island

As pupils returned to their classrooms for the first time after the summer holidays, political leaders made their customary visits to schools. The prime minister visited a renovated school in Ano Liosia, while the leader of PASOK visited a school in Thessaloniki

Mitsotakis and Macron in Paris agreed to relaunch the Greece–Cyprus power cable, with France set to lead the project's next phase within months.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Emmanuel Macron discuss the space mission as well as GSI, Hormuz crisis and regional developments during Paris meeting

The Greek, Egyptian and Cypriot leaders discussed security, energy, Gaza, Libya and Cyprus in El Alamein, as they seek to deepen a strategic regional partnership

As Mitsotakis meets Sisi in El Alamein, Athens is pushing for Egypt to reaffirm a 2020 maritime boundary and for the resolution of a long running dispute over the Sinai monastery of Saint Catherine

The former prime minister, Antonis Samaras, is drawing up candidate lists for a possible new party as the feud between him and Kyriakos Mitsotakis seems to be escalating

Expectations were high for the prime minister's speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair. What he delivered fell well short of the mark his own government had set.

Before Saturday's keynote address unveiling more than 2 billion euros in tax relief and spending, the prime minister tours Thessaloniki as the city braces for demonstrations

TA NEA reports that the prime minister's trip to El Alamein on Tuesday was kept under wraps and could turn into an impromptu three way summit with Cyprus, as Greece weighs Turkey's push to draw Egypt into a new defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

The Greek PM reiterated that Greece is a peaceful country that poses no threat to anyone but will not accept orders from anyone.

The Greek prime minister sat down with the media baron, their wives and top Murdoch executives, reprising a similar gathering on the Cycladic island of Tinos last August

The measures, about to be announced, are designed to lure freelancers, farmers, pensioners and families back into New Democracy's electoral fold. Their timing also aims to give Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis room to call elections as early as January