Greece

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigned on Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa accord. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanked Kotzias for his services over the last...

The Greek state contributes in every way towards the unity of all the Orthodox Churches, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Thursday after his arrival at Chania, in Crete, where he will host a dinner for the Primates of...

"Of course there was no genocide of the Chams," Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Sunday  in statements to Mega TV regarding the provocative banners at the Albania - Switzerland football match. Kotzias attributed the new challenge of the Albanian nationalists to...

The Russian Embassy in Athens posted three tweets on its Twitter account on Monday regarding a statement made recently by Greece's former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Kotzias suggested several days ago that the documents presented to the Greek Parliament by...

Six new ministers and deputy ministers were sworn in at the Presidential mansion on Monday before Prokopios Pavlopoulos, the Greek President of the Republic, and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The SYRIZA government has reshuffled several positions, filling vacancies at key ministries,...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a minor reshuffling of his cabinet on Friday, following decisions by some ministers to run as candidates in local and municipal elections scheduled for May. Georgios Katrougalos, who has been upgraded from his post as...

Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou has ordered an investigation following a lawsuit filed by former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias for defamation and dissemination of false news against him. Kotzias resigned last month after a rift with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos...

The Prespa agreement signed with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will bring stability to the Balkans and curb Turkey's influence in the region, said former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday. These remarks were delivered in Crete as...

Following the casual-mannered announcement by Greece's former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Saturday that Greece is ready to extend its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles, the country's main opposition party sounded off against the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated on Friday his refusal to publicize the content of the resignation letter left in his office by former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, who vacated his post on Wednesday. Kotzias has asserted that the Tsipras...

Former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday after an angry exchange with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, has challenged the government to publish his lengthy resignation letter. “They should publish my letter of resignation," said Kotzias. "In its nine...

The U.S. State Department thanked departing Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias for the Prespa agreement and for his role in improving Greece-U.S. relations. These comments came on Wednesday following Kotzias' unexpected resignation, and were related to Greece's state-run ANA-MPA news...

The resignation of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Wednesday was so sudden and unexpected that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not have a replacement in mind, so he decided to take the difficult foreign policy portfolio himself. The cabinet...

''There can be no policy that is better for the future of the Balkans than cooperation between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),'' Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the Greek public broadcaster...

Greece and Cyprus share common positions on the Cyprus problem, Cyprus' Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Monday after a meeting he had in New York with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias. Christodoulides said that they exchange views and coordinate...