Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said recent arrests in connection with the 2010 Marfin bank firebombing and the recent killing of Vagia Nestora represent "the response a democratic state always gives to violence: not through revenge, but through institutions, legality and effective action by authorities," in a weekly review posted to social media.
Mr. Mitsotakis said the arrests, made a day after Ms. Nestora's funeral, fulfill an obligation to the Marfin victims, their families and colleagues, and called for national unity against political violence, saying such moments "leave no room for asterisks or trade-offs."
Turning to NATO, Mr. Mitsotakis said Greece remains a "stable and reliable ally" that met its defense spending target of 3.5% of GDP in 2026, backed by a 28-billion-euro military modernization program. He reiterated Greece's rejection of Turkey's decades-old casus belli threat, calling it a "historic error" incompatible with good neighborly relations, while stressing Greece still seeks dialogue with Ankara.
On the economy, Mr. Mitsotakis cited a European Stability Mechanism report crediting Greece with sharply reducing debt and deficits since the pandemic, and a UNCTAD report showing foreign investment reached a 35-year record of $13 billion in 2025, rising nearly 69.4% even as investment fell 29% across the rest of Europe.
To offset fuel price pressure from Middle East tensions, Mr. Mitsotakis announced gasoline prices will drop by 10 cents per liter and diesel by 5 cents through the end of August, negotiated with Greece's two oil refineries.
He also highlighted Greece joining the new Global Bank for Defense and Security as a founding member, and announced Zakynthos's Navagio Beach, along with the historic Panagiotis shipwreck, will undergo restoration under municipal management.