The anger of Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the attacks on Akis Skertsos (inside and outside ND), the thriller with Brigitte Macron, and the visit to Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki – could Laura Kovesi enter politics?

Hello, contiguous I’ll commencement with the societal broadside of politics, and successful information with a…thriller that unfolded regarding whether the woman of the French president, Brigitte Macron, would get oregon not. The First Lady of the French Republic, then, had not confirmed arsenic of yesterday day (she did, eventually) whether she would travel to Athens and truthful whether she would attend, among different events, the luncheon successful grant of the Macron mates hosted by the President of the Republic. This, arsenic I’m told, caused immoderate disruption successful protocol because, they archer maine (I don’t cognize astir these things), if Brigitte did not attend, past possibly the spouses—the companions of the different officials, oregon alternatively the ministers—would not be the luncheon either.

Brigitte yet said yes…
In the end, arsenic I told you, astir 6 successful the day Mrs. Macron confirmed her beingness successful Athens, and present is the applicable report: Mr. and Mrs. Macron volition get connected abstracted flights astatine Eleftherios Venizelos Airport with a abbreviated clip difference, astatine 17:30. Mrs. Macron arrives archetypal and waits for her hubby successful the VIP lounge (specifically Lounge A). From determination they spell to the “Grande Bretagne,” and astatine 19:30 to the Roman Agora, wherever Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Emmanuel Macron volition converse, moderated by Alexis Papahelas. The French statesmanlike mates is expected to get astatine the Presidential Mansion soon earlier 21:00, wherever they volition beryllium welcomed by the President of the Republic Konstantinos Tasoulas and his woman Fani Stathopoulou. A backstage gathering betwixt Tasoulas and Macron volition follow, and then, aft 21:30, a meal volition beryllium served. Macron’s sojourn is not authoritative according to protocol—it is simply a moving visit—but it has taken connected immoderate characteristics of an authoritative visit, specified arsenic the hosting of a expansive meal astatine the Presidential Mansion, pursuing coordination betwixt the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister. Among the astir 110 guests, according to the fewer who person seen the last list, are governmental figures specified arsenic the Minister of Finance and President of the Eurogroup Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Kostis Hatzidakis, Nikos Dendias, Giorgos Gerapetritis, Takis Theodorikakos, Lina Mendoni, Alexandra Papadopoulou, and of people the absorption person Nikos Androulakis. The Speaker of Parliament volition beryllium represented by Dora Bakoyannis. Among the concern figures invited are Thanasis and Panos Laskaridis, Melina Travlou, Vangelis Mytilineos, Theodoros Kyriakou, Panagiotis Theocharakis, and Christian Hadjiminas. Also invited are Nikos Aliagas, Nikos Stampolidis, and Kostas Mavrias. The paper is being kept concealed astatine the Presidential Mansion, but thing tells maine it volition see fish. After each this, we anticipation the “fish” of Greek-French practice and confederation volition multiply arsenic well. On Saturday, Mitsotakis and Macron volition sojourn the frigate “Kimon,” followed by talks astatine the Maximos Mansion and a moving lunch. In the precocious afternoon, they volition spell to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center for the Greek-French Business Forum organized by SEV and the French-Hellenic Chamber, wherever some volition speak. From there, the Macron mates volition spell consecutive to the airdrome and volition beryllium backmost successful Paris that aforesaid evening.

Brigitte and Mareva
Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, who is inactive astatine Evangelismos Hospital, volition not be the meal astatine the Presidential Mansion tonight. However, if she is discharged connected Saturday, she whitethorn conscionable her person Brigitte astatine the premier ministerial residence—unless Macron herself visits Evangelismos for a little visit.

Mitsotakis’ choler implicit the attacks connected Skertsos
In caller days, Akis Skertsos has been receiving systematic attacks “from wrong and outside” New Democracy for his views, which helium expresses freely and without fearfulness oregon constraint, for the elemental crushed that helium is not a person and does not mean to go one. For everything being said oregon written wrong and extracurricular the party, Mitsotakis is furious and, aft calling Skertsos successful to explicit his afloat support, sent a connection everyplace (even wrong the Maximos Mansion) that helium does not judge instructions regarding his associates and choices—especially for a idiosyncratic who has ever supported some the premier curate himself and the authorities done his enactment without asking for enactment rewards.

Laura, you’re a superstar
Laura Kövesi was overflowing and her remarks from yesterday’s treatment successful Delphi and the property league she gave were wide circulated, but I looked for immoderate behind-the-scenes details of her beingness there. Initially, Adonis Georgiadis whitethorn person attended her speech, but they didn’t person immoderate broadside conversation. However, helium aboriginal “took a jab” astatine her, saying successful a sheet with SFEE president Olympios Papadimitriou that “we person democracy, arsenic overmuch arsenic Ms. Kövesi allows us.” Otherwise, I was told that the Romanian prosecutor, who volition discontinue astatine the extremity of September, was treated astir similar a prima of the Forum, and aft her property conference, radical adjacent asked her for selfies—which she of people did not refuse. And wherefore would she refuse? In which different state does she person specified treatment? I tin spot her entering authorities successful the autumn erstwhile she is released from her duties.

Kövesi and Venizelos
I besides heard Evangelos Venizelos yesterday describing an astir dystopian scenery for institutions and the regularisation of instrumentality successful the country, and abruptly I connected it with thing Kövesi said to Tsimas that went mostly unnoticed. The European Prosecutor said it seems wholly illogical to her that idiosyncratic tin perpetrate fraud and summation 1 cardinal euros, but if they instrumentality it, they don’t spell to prison. I was amazed due to the fact that the applicable law, 3904/2010, passed conscionable earlier Christmas that year, besides bore the signature of Venizelos, who astatine the clip was serving arsenic Minister of Defense successful a PASOK government. I notation it successful case—just successful case—it has been forgotten.

The postponement of the Parliamentary Group
Let maine springiness you a portion of quality concerning New Democracy MPs and the Maximos Mansion. After the ballot connected lifting parliamentary immunity proceeded smoothly, immoderate estimated that the tempest would displacement to the Parliamentary Group gathering scheduled for April 30. However, this gathering has been postponed and I larn it volition instrumentality spot a week later, connected May 7. What does this mean? It means clip for tempers to “cool,” though immoderate are intelligibly inactive “on the warpath,” arsenic shown by the regular attacks by MPs connected Skertsos, who has been blamed for everything, adjacent archetypal sin. Officially, determination is simply a alteration successful Mitsotakis’ docket that necessitates the flimsy postponement of the discussion.

MPs connected the ballots
In immoderate case, a cardinal request for MPs included successful the OPEKEPE lawsuit record was for the New Democracy enactment to clarify that their information successful electoral ballots is not successful question. This was clarified yesterday by authorities spokesperson Marinakis, aft coordinating with Mitsotakis to settee the substance erstwhile and for all. Also, wrong the adjacent 2 weeks, a proviso from the Ministry of Justice volition beryllium introduced to velocity up judicial valuation procedures for cases involving governmental figures—that is, the “filter” that existed until 2019 and was abolished aft the revision of the Penal Code betwixt the European and nationalist elections.

CVC successful negotiations with Blackstone for Skroutz
Let’s commencement today’s marketplace quality with an absorbing portion astir a woody of the benignant that is uncommon astatine the moment, since concern banking enactment has slowed somewhat—not owed to the Middle East and oil, but chiefly owed to valuations and demands. Those progressive successful this concern accidental they expect conditions to amended successful the 2nd fractional of 2026, arsenic existent developments unit entrepreneurs to reassess risk. So, according to information, CVC Capital Partners is successful a play of exclusive negotiations with the American radical Blackstone Inc. for the merchantability of its involvement successful Skroutz. A tender process by CVC preceded this, portion Skroutz’s 3 founders (G. Chatzigeorgiou, G. Avgoustidis, and V. Dimou) did not workout their close of archetypal refusal. CVC has completed six years arsenic a shareholder successful Skroutz, with a involvement exceeding 40%. The 3 founders presently clasp power with 50.1%, portion the money Southbridge—previously the 3rd shareholder—liquidated its involvement and exited past July.

A historical determination by Public Power Corporation
The taxable of the time successful the marketplace is nary different than PPC’s stock superior increase. Georgios Stassis is moving guardant with a historical measurement for the Greek banal exchange, arsenic it constitutes the largest superior raising via Euronext Athens since the €5 cardinal raised years agone by Marfin Investment Group. With this increase, PPC is entering the AI era, and that is the caller improvement to follow. After all, the announcement mentions the improvement of a Data Center successful Kozani “as PPC is successful confidential ongoing negotiations with starring hyperscalers, with operation expected to statesman successful 2026.” In summation to the State, a beardown vantage for PPC successful this superior summation is the volition of CVC Capital Partners to enactment it, making a caller concern of up to €1.2 billion.

To India via Cyprus
Next month, Eurobank volition unfastened an bureau successful Mumbai, portion the slope is adopting UPI (Unified Payments Interface), a integer instant outgo strategy created successful India that allows real-time wealth transfers betwixt slope accounts. With UPI, Eurobank plans to make operations successful India, portion the task volition autumn nether the work of its Cypriot subsidiary. The prime was made due to the fact that the 2 countries stock a communal past wrong the British Commonwealth framework, person the aforesaid communal instrumentality ineligible system, English is the concern connection successful some countries, and Cyprus has developed a beardown nonrecreational services assemblage and acquisition successful hosting planetary companies.

Plastika Kritis: Race to unafraid inventories
More and much listed companies are informing astir the consequences of the warfare successful Iran. After Aegean Airlines, the absorption of Plastika Kritis describes successful peculiarly bleak presumption the outlook for the coming play owed to the interaction of the warfare successful Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The outgo of integrative earthy materials has doubled and continues to rise. At the aforesaid time, the proviso of polymers from Gulf countries—accounting for astir 14% of planetary production—has astir dropped to zero. Petrochemical plants successful Asia are facing shortages and precise precocious costs for lipid and gas, and immoderate are being forced to trim production. Freight rates and shipping times are besides expanding significantly, meaning that not lone transport costs are rising, but transportation delays are besides emerging. In Europe, the accumulation of petrochemicals and polymers is steadily declining owed to reduced competitiveness, and the United States is present becoming the main supplier of the planetary market. At the aforesaid time, disposable quantities are shrinking and uncertainty prevails successful the marketplace regarding the sufficiency of materials to afloat conscionable concern accumulation needs if the warfare continues for a agelong time—factors that are pushing prices adjacent higher. As a result, Plastika Kritis’ factories presently person earthy worldly inventories for 2–4 months, and absorption is making efforts to replenish the indispensable quantities for the coming period. The accrued outgo is expected to beryllium passed connected to selling prices, with absorption stating that immoderate interaction connected the group’s nett margins is considered manageable, portion request for its products remains high.

Finally
At the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations, pursuing the alteration successful management, advancement is being made successful accelerating procedures for caller tenders. A diagnostic illustration is the tender for the 22 determination airports, which had remained “in limbo” for a agelong time. Now, finally, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, has been acceptable arsenic the deadline for submitting expressions of interest. Speaking astatine the Delphi Economic Forum, the caput Giannis Papachristou said that the process is moving astatine an accelerated pace, including restructuring concern models, adopting three-year strategical plans, wide goal-setting, and inducement mechanisms that fortify firm governance. At the aforesaid time, peculiar accent is present being placed connected processing quality superior done specialized grooming programs, portion wrong 1 twelvemonth 60 caller members person been appointed to boards of directors. He besides stressed that the constitution of show indicators (KPIs) astatine each levels—from absorption to employees—initially met with reservations but has present go established practice.

The “Alimos Water Airports”
The contented of seaplanes successful Greece has been done countless difficulties. For years they person been “warming up” to instrumentality off, lone to stumble implicit endless bureaucratic obstacles. Recently, immoderate advancement has been observed, arsenic licenses are advancing and trial flights are taking place, but the question remains: erstwhile volition operations really begin? As an indication, it is worthy noting that yesterday a caller institution was established nether the sanction “Alimos Water Airports I.K.E.” Recall that Alimos is the archetypal country successful Athens to beryllium licensed by the competent ministries for the instauration of a h2o landing country for seaplanes. The caller company, based successful Kallithea, is owned by Hellenic Seaplanes, which has been persistently striving for years to get seaplanes airborne. The company’s intent includes h2o aerodrome operations, services related to aerial transport, firefighting craft services and occurrence prevention, craft parking management, cargo handling, and more. The archetypal stock superior has been acceptable astatine €5,000, divided into 500 shares of €10 each, contributed by Hellenic Seaplanes with €2,550 (51%) and the Cypriot “SS Seagull Seaplanes Ltd” with €2,450 (49%). Management has been undertaken by Nikolas Charalambous.

The existent property of Europe Holdings
Europe Holdings volition instrumentality important plans for the improvement of its existent property portfolio successful the coming period. The holding company, created from the integration of Europe Insurance and KLM–Intracom Properties, owns important assets, including bureau spaces (such arsenic the Paiania Campus), concern properties, and plots of land. After selling the gathering astatine 2 Omirou and Teo Street successful Tavros, adjacent the electrical railway station, the listed institution has undertaken its conversion into an acquisition instauration and bureau spaces, with completion expected by adjacent July. At the aforesaid time, it has begun converting a gathering connected Sakellariou and Teo Street successful Tavros into modern “green” bureau spaces. The concern amounts to astir €10 cardinal and volition beryllium financed done slope lending, with completion targeted for aboriginal 2027. Additionally, enactment has been completed connected converting its privately owned concern spot astatine the Lykovrysi bridge, with an country of 6,000 sq.m., into warehouses. The gathering has already been leased, and rental payments volition statesman successful the 2nd fractional of 2026. Furthermore, proposals are being examined for the merchantability of different properties, aiming to unafraid superior gains and fortify liquidity to enactment enlargement successful the security sector.

A regular complaint of $112,500 for the Laios
The crude tanker marketplace intelligibly shows that down the “fatigue” of spot rates, existent wealth continues to circulate successful word deals and selective high-quality charters. In the astir striking example, the Greek-interest ENESEL of Antonis and Filippos Laios is reportedly chartering to Shell plc the suezmax Lord Byron 21 (156,000 dwt, 2021) astatine $112,500 per time for a duration of 50–100 days. This is simply a complaint level that demonstrates that modern assets stay highly “premium” adjacent successful a corrective environment. New Shipping is moving much moderately but steadily, with the aframax Paros (107,000 dwt, 2003) being chartered for astir 3 months by Essentia, without a disclosed rate—a emblematic denotation of tighter and little transparent fixtures for older tonnage.

Why Haris Vafeias is returning to VLCC tankers
Vafeias’ instrumentality to VLCC supertankers is not conscionable different shipbuilding bid successful an already “hot” orderbook. It is simply a repositioning successful a conception of the marketplace helium had exited astir 2 decades ago. The statement of Stealth Maritime for 2 VLCCs successful South Korea, with Hanwha Ocean, reflects a strategy focused connected ample vessels, proven design, efficiency, and plus value. This is not a alteration successful philosophy, but a instrumentality to a conception that fits the existent shipping cycle. Timing is crucial: the tanker marketplace is already powerfully pricing successful geopolitical developments successful the Middle East. Freight rates and second-hand values bespeak not lone existent request but besides fears of constricted capableness proviso successful the coming years. In this environment, VLCCs are erstwhile again becoming the “pure” stake of the crude trade. One of the astir absorbing elements is that, for the archetypal clip successful astir a decade, the worth of a five-year-old VLCC has exceeded that of a newbuild. Investors are buying capableness present due to the fact that they fearfulness that successful 12–24 months availability astatine cardinal shipyards volition beryllium acold much constricted and expensive. At the fleet level, Vafeias’ determination does not alteration the representation of Stealth Maritime arsenic a radical already moving an extended fleet renewal program, but it restores its beingness successful the “heavy” crude segments, wherever volatility is higher but returns are besides much asymmetric. It is simply a re-entry into a marketplace that appears to beryllium redistributing hazard and value.

What the introduction of the caller Hatziioannou procreation into Safe Bulkers signals
We are seeing a textbook upgrade successful firm governance astatine Safe Bulkers of Polys V. Hadjioannou. A seasoned of concern banking, Jeffrey Bunzel, with a beardown way grounds astatine Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, and a caller enforcement with operational and method shipping background—this “sells” good to organization investors connected the NYSE: superior markets acquisition and fleet method competence. Beneath that, however, lies the much absorbing layer, wherever Vasilis P. Hadjioannou comes in. His introduction to the Board is not simply “new blood.” It is simply a classical lawsuit of a controlled generational modulation wrong a family-owned listed shipping company, wherever continuity is not achieved done CEO succession, but done gradual integration into the governance operation earlier assuming a much cardinal role. In Wall Street terms, this has 2 readings. First, the institution is gathering continuity hazard management. It avoids allowing a imaginable succession lawsuit to go a “shock factor” for the market. Instead, it trains and introduces the caller procreation astatine the strictest level of oversight—the Board. This is thing semipermanent investors value, particularly successful shipping cycles that are volatile and request absorption stability. The 2nd speechmaking is that this represents a structured household consolidation wrong a nationalist company—essentially a cautious organization “legitimization” of succession, with the NYSE governance model acting arsenic a credibility filter. The marketplace does not accidental it outright, but pricing ever applies a discount to the governance premium erstwhile household power remains cardinal to strategy. The cardinal constituent present is the equilibrium being attempted: connected 1 hand, a beardown autarkic fiscal heavyweight (Bunzel) for superior markets credibility, and connected the other, the introduction of the next-generation typical into an operational role, truthful helium tin physique existent fleet-level acquisition earlier immoderate greater presumption of power. In shipping, this is not unusual—it is astir an organization pattern. Families that past connected the NYSE bash not withdraw; they alteration into hybrid governance models wherever the marketplace sees independence, but power remains anchored successful the family. The lone certainty is that the marketplace reads this determination arsenic absorption stability, mentation for the adjacent cycle, and an effort to trim the governance discount that often weighs connected Greek companies.

Listed companies awesome strength, the committee shows anxiety
Liquidations by ample portfolios successful the “heavy” and profitable stocks of the Greek banal marketplace continue. The General Index is struggling nether the value of geopolitical uncertainty, yet listed companies are announcing results that amusement wellness and prospects. So far, 81 listed companies person reported their equilibrium expanse figures, with full profitability exceeding €11.47 billion, matching the 2024 grounds of €11.5 billion. Until then, the lone twelvemonth with likewise awesome profitability was arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2007, with €10.5 billion, but with astir triple the fig of listed companies. When Jumbo S.A. (with nett profits reportedly exceeding €300 million) and Karelia Tobacco Company (with implicit €100 million) denote results adjacent week, past year’s grounds volition officially beryllium broken. Cash distributions from listed companies reached €6.1 cardinal for 2025, surpassing the pre-crisis grounds of €5.4 cardinal successful 2007, with a 42% summation compared to 2024. Based connected presently disposable data, dividends for 2025 already transcend €6.15 billion. The dividend output of 4.4% exceeds the output of 10-year bonds astatine 3.39% and is astir triple that of the mean word deposit.

After 18 years, EYDAP astatine €10 and the rally of Austriacard
It took 18 afloat years for the committee to spot EYDAP’s banal emergence supra the intelligence €10 people again, successful a league that turned into a crescendo of caller highs for respective listed companies. The h2o utility’s banal made an explosive leap of 6.57%, closing astatine €10.06—levels not seen since August 2008. The marketplace appears to beryllium pricing successful affirmative quality up of the April 30 results announcement, with accusation pointing to a generous dividend oregon superior return, sustaining buying enthusiasm. This momentum extended to different stocks flirting with historical highs. Austriacard Holdings recorded an awesome rally of 7.88%, closing astatine €7.8 and approaching the €8 milestone. At the aforesaid time, Kri Kri continued its unstoppable course, closing astatine €24.05 (+3.22%) and nearing its all-time precocious of €24.15. Meanwhile, Ekter S.A. leveraged its beardown fundamentals to emergence 3.36%, returning supra €4.3.

Britain’s mislaid generation
In Britain, a word is often utilized that is not easy translated into Greek: NEET (Not successful Education, Employment oregon Training). It describes young radical who are not studying, not working, and not training—they simply bash not participate. According to Office for National Statistics, arsenic reported by Bloomberg, 957,000 young radical aged 16–24 present autumn into the NEET category—almost 1 million. This represents 12.8% of that property radical and is the highest level recorded since the planetary fiscal crisis. During the pandemic, erstwhile schools closed and labour markets collapsed, the numbers were really little than today. The summation is chiefly driven by young women, portion entry-level occupation opportunities—in hospitality, retail, and postgraduate programs—continue to shrink. Employers are reducing hiring to header with rising labour costs and higher societal information contributions. Research shows that young radical who stay NEET look an accrued hazard of semipermanent unemployment, debased incomes, and wellness problems for decades. 45% of 24-year-old NEETs person ne'er worked. Researchers constituent retired that intelligence health, chronic conditions, and neurodiversity are cardinal factors down the emergence successful younker economical inactivity. Britain is experiencing a operation of a labour marketplace that does not absorb, an acquisition strategy that does not motivate, and young radical who go marginalized. A procreation that does not enactment contiguous volition load societal information systems tomorrow.