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POLITICS
European Commission
Greece takes the Sustainable Transport and Tourism portfolio
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced her proposal to the European Parliament for the composition of the new European Commission for a five-year term of office (2024-2029), with the Greek proposed Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas taking the portfolio of Sustainable Transport and Tourism.
Independent Power Transmission Operator
Everything points out to a deal with Cyprus for the electrical interconnection
Last minute consultations of the Greek and Cypriot sides on the major issue of the electrical interconnection between the two countries, a project for the implementation of which Tel-Aviv has clearly positioned itself in favour of, as it includes the prospect of (co)connecting Israel to the Great Sea Interconnector.
Financial Times
Mitsotakis' letter to von der Leyen - Calls for intervention on the protracted energy crisis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, calls on Brussels to take political action to urgently address the "protracted crisis" that has driven electricity prices to extreme levels, according to a report in the Financial Times.
PASOK
Candidates for the presidency officially announced
The PASOK-Chinema for Change Movement's Ethics Committee for the Application of the Constitution and Certification will ultimately nominate six candidates for the leadership of PASOK.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greece will not accept to bear a disproportionate burden for the migration issue
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. This is the Prime Minister's first bilateral visit to a European capital during the new European period and before the first meeting of the European Council on 17-18 October.
GOVERNMENT
12 new pay rises and 12 new tax cuts
Kostis Hatzidakis, the Minister of National Economy and Finance, presented the new measures announced at the TIF, which have as their main axes 12 new salary increases and 12 new tax cuts.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
A trilateral meeting of Christodoulides, Tatar and Gutiérrez will be held in New York in October to relaunch the Cyprus talks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Mega Channel.
SYRIZA
Motion of censure against president approved
The 300-member central committee of the main opposition party on Sunday approved a censure motion against SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis.
Thessaloniki International Trade Fair
The energy connection between Greece and Germany on the table
The possibility of interconnecting the energy systems of the two countries was discussed at a meeting between the Minister of Environment and Energy, Theodoros Skylakakis, and the German Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Robert Habeck, on the sidelines of the 88th Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
The support measures announced at the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair
A reform plan with interventions aimed at increasing incomes, developing the country's productive potential, mitigating inequalities, and addressing important problems such as housing and demography, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in his speech at the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Second highest growth rate in the EU in the second quarter
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis posted the data on the growth of the Greek economy in the second quarter on Facebook and X, noting that Greece recorded the second highest growth rate in the European Union.