Greece

Newly elected President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos was sworn in earlier today at a ceremony in the country’s Parliament, amid heavy rain. The new Greek President took the traditional oath administered by Archbishop Ieronymos. Pavlopoulos, who is Greece...

The new President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was elected today, February 18, by the Greek Parliament. Pavlopoulos was born in 1950 in Kalamata, Greece, where he finished his school studies. In 1968, he moved to the Greek...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday delivered a clear message on the immediate return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum. The president's statement came during the inauguration of the 24th Art Athina Annual International Contemporary...

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, has unequivocally condemned  Monday's terrorist attack on Greece’s SKAI TV station. In a statement today he also expressed his support for the owners and employees of the television and radio station, as...

''The great 'NO' uttered by Greece on October 28, 1940, remains forever current and must inspire the struggle to defend the European edifice against those 'nostalgic' for Fascism and Nazism'', the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said...

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, will visit Cyprus on Tuesday. A press release by the Greek Embassy in Nicosia says that the Greek President will visit Cyprus at the invitation of President of the House of Representatives...

Greece is striving for a just and viable solution to the Cyprus issue as soon as possible but could not accept anything short of full sovereignty for the island, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday,...

The European Union must "reach the limits of its laws" in order to assist work to restore quake-stricken Vrisa and another 12 settlements on the island of Lesvos, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday while...

Greeks place a high value on freedom and this leads them to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity - and therefore the sovereignty, territorial integrity and borders of the European Union - on the basis of international law...

Greece and the European Union actively desire and seek friendship and good neighbour relations with Turkey, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday, sending a message to Ankara from the island of Chios. "The Greek and European...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday voiced his disagreement with the idea of a "multiple-speed Europe," stressing that Europe needs to protect its unity and that this "does not have speeds." Addressing an event where he was...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday urged Greeks to stand united as they struggle to overcome the social and economic crisis and defend the country's rights, in his message for the Feast of the Epiphany celebrated...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday referred to the challenges that strike at the core of fundamental human rights and undermine the cohesion of societies and people, in a message to mark International Human Rights Day...

One of the biggest reforms linked to U.S. President Barack Obama, due in Athens in two days time, were the efforts to restore the welfare state in the United States, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on...

Greece will defend its rights as a nation, without retreating or making concessions, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, in a message aimed at Greece's neighbors but also the European Union and the...