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Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos: "There is no Room for Retreats in International Law Issues"

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, who inaugurated the Greek Institute of Thracian Research in Alexandroupolis, sent a message to Turkey that Greece seeks good relations, but in matters concerning our national laws and the application of international law, it is...

Prokopis Pavlopoulos Sworn In as the Seventh President of the Hellenic Republic

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...

Prokopis Pavlopoulos: Who Is the New President of the Hellenic Republic?

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...

First Greek Presidential Ballot Results Elect Prokopis Pavlopoulos

With a positive result on the election of a new Greek President concluded the first round of voting by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the candidate nominated by the ruling SYRIZA party and Prime Minister Alexis...

Katerina Sakellaropoulou Sworn in as Greece's First Female President

Katerina Sakellaropoulou was sworn in on Friday as the first female President in Greece's history as the country grapples with the coronavirus scare. Sakellaropoulou, a 63-year-old senior judge, is now the new Greek head of state and sill serve for...

At Last, Greece Elects A Woman for President

Greek lawmakers overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday the nomination of top judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou as new President of the Hellenic Republic. With conservative New Democracy party, leftist SYRIZA and center-left Movement for Change all backing the nomination of the president of...

Who Will Be the Next Greek President?

A media fever has reigned in the past few weeks in Greece over the choice of who may be proposed as President of the Hellenic Republic, although the official announcement of the proposed candidate is several days away. Analysts and reporters...

China, Greece to Sign Sixteen Bilateral Agreements on President Xi's Athens Visit

China's President Xi Jinping, who is leading a large delegation of officials on his state visit to Greece, is due to sign sixteen agreements which Athens says will further boost and deepen bilateral relations between the two countries. The agreements...

China's President Xi Arrives in Athens for Three-Day Official Visit

The President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping arrived in Athens on Sunday afternoon, beginning his official, three-day visit to the Greek capital. President Xi arrived in Greece just a few days after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis...

President Xi to Visit Athens as Chinese Interest in Greece Strengthens

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Greece from November 10th to 12th at the invitation of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, it was officially announced on Thursday. Xi's visit follows Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' visit to China...

Greek President Lauds US Congress' Decision to Recognize Armenian Genocide

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos praised the recent vote of the US House of Representatives to recognize the Armenian genocide during his official visit to Armenia on Tuesday. "We the Greeks welcome the fact that the international recognition...

Greek President Warns Europe of Turkey's "Dangerous Imperial Fantasies"

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday that Turkey's military operations in northern Syria constitute "dangerous imperial fantasies" and warned that the EU will not tolerate violations of international law. Speaking at the coastal town of Nafpaktos...

Greek President Pavlopoulos: British Museum's Refusal to Return Parthenon Sculptures 'Offensive to British Culture and History'

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...

Greek President Calls on the World to Recognize Pontian Genocide

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Thursday joined thousands of Pontian Greeks who gathered at the church of Panagia Soumela at Mt. Vermion in northern Greece to celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Pavlopoulos attended a memorial service in memory...

PM Tsipras to Ask Greek President for Early Election

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday to ask for early national elections by dissolving Parliament. The meeting, which takes place two weeks after the governing SYRIZA party lost...