Greece

"Europe needs to address the refugee issue in terms of humanity," Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday at a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin at the presidential mansion in Jerusalem. "Europe must never again become a 'dark...

The President of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece, sent Passover greetings and gave an update on the Museum's reopening.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated 30 years of diplomatic ties between the countries in a Thursday video call. The two leaders referred to the expansion of their strategic relationship in the realms of tourism,...

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday hailed his country's flourishing ties with Cyprus during an official visit he made to Nicosia. Rivlin stated that cooperation between the two neighbors in the areas of intelligence, security and terror prevention has made...

Unconventional Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris announced on Wednesday that he will not run for a third term in the May 2019 local government elections, saying that his “cycle has closed.” “My decision is personal and not political. After sixteen years in local...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday accompanied Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos to the Salamis Naval Base on the island of Salamina near Athens. It is the first visit by a foreign president to the headquarters of the Hellenic Navy...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin laid the foundation stone for a Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. "Thessaloniki’s Holocaust Museum is a tribute to the thousands of Greek Jews exterminated in concentration camps," Tsipras...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin started his official visit to Greece on Monday by laying a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square, Athens. Afterwards Rivlin made his way to the presidential mansion, where he was received...

Israeli media reported on Sunday that the country's president, Reuven Rivlin, asked that his itinerary for this week's state visit to Greece be changed so he can see a Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki. The memorial had been tampered with by...

Greece on Saturday said a planned Holocaust museum in Thessaloniki, scene of thousands of Nazi deportations during WWII, would be part of efforts to "redress historical injustices against the Greek Jewish community". In a statement to mark Holocaust Memorial Day,...

Eleni Kriezi-Apostoli (Lena Karrer), the daughter of the legendary late Mayor of Zakynthos, Loukas Karrer, known for saving the Greek island's Jews during the Holocaust, will visit Israel on September 18-21. The visit is being organized by the Israeli...

On Sunday, the president of New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during his official 3-day visit in Israel. After the meeting Mitsotakis commented that the exchange between himself and Rivlin was "exceptionally interesting and very warm",...

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin received on Thursday, President of the House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou, who is paying Israel an official visit at the invitation of his counterpart, President of the Knesset, Yuli Edelstein. According to CNA sources, during...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will pay an official visit to Israel and Palestine at a very crucial period for Middle East, the bilateral relations and Greece's role in the region. Tsipras will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the...

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Karolos Papoulias will make an official 3 day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority that will last until Tuesday, July 12th. Mr. Papoulias will visit the president of Israel Shimon Peres...