Greece
Environment
Quake-Stricken Vrisa Must Become 'As It Was' President Pavlopoulos Says
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...
Greece
Greek Parliament President Konstantopoulou Meets with Panagiotis Lafazanis
Greek Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou met with Panayiotis Lafazanis, leader of the newly-formed political party Popular Unity, on August 22 in her office. The two politicians had a conversation in front of the reporters waiting outside the office, where...
Greece
PM's Office for EU and Int'l Relations: No to a Multi-Speed Europe
Panagiotis Pavlopoulos, head of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras office for European Union and International relations, expressed his total opposition to a multi-speed Europe.
In an interview with the Athens Macedonian News Agency on Monday, Pavlopoulos pointed out the dangers for...
Greece
Coronavirus Live Updates: Greece Holds its Breath as Tens of Millions of Italians Put in Quarantine
As Italy announced that more than sixteen million people will be quarantined in a total of fifteen provinces of the country, Greek health authorities announced on Monday 11 new cases of the viral disease. The country now has a...
Greece
New Cabinet in Greece Sworn in by Archbishop Ieronymos
The members of the new cabinet in Greece were sworn in by the Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece Ieronymos at the Presidential Mansion at noon on Tuesday.
The ceremony took place in front of the President of the...
Greece
Greece's New Cabinet Members Sworn In (photos)
The new members of the Greek government were sworn in on Wednesday afternoon, in a ceremony held in the presence of President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
On Tuesday, Tsipras reshuffled his cabinet ahead of a keynote economy...
Diaspora
7th National Conference Against Smoking in Greece a Great Success
(Drake Behrakis of the Behrakis Foundation of Boston, Panagiotis Behrakis, Director of the Public Health Institute of the American College of Greece, George Behrakis of the Behrakis Foundation of Boston, Dr. Panos Vlachos, President of Anatolia College)
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos attended the...
Greece
New Expanded Cabinet Sworn In in Greece
Greece's new, expanded cabinet as decided by Friday's government reshuffle was sworn in before President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday at 1:00 pm at the Presidential Mansion.
Speaking to reporters after the ceremony, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signaled he would...
Greece
Greek Pride at Rio Paralympics: Konstantinidis Gets Silver Medal
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos congratulated Thanasis Konstantinidis on winning a second medal for Greece at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Early on in the games, Konstantinidis had won a gold medal in the Men's F32 shot put. His second...
Business
Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award 2016 Winners: Three Innovative Winners
At a ceremony held at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens on Wednesday, Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos presented trophies to the three winners of this year’s Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA). This brings the total number of winners to 14...
Greece
Schedule of Vladimir Putin's Visit to Greece
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives on Friday, May 27 for a series of official meetings and a pilgrimage to Mount Athos. Here is the complete schedule of Russia's head of state.
3:30-3:45: Arrival of the President of the Russian Federation...
Greece
Former Greek House Speaker Konstantopoulou to Start Own Party, Blasts Tsipras
Former house speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou has stated her intention to start her own party with the aim of bringing about the government’s collapse.
Speaking on Skai television late on Tuesday night, the outspoken politician announced the formation of a new...
Business
First Delphi Economic Forum to Feature Experts from Greece and Abroad
The first Delphi Economic Forum will be held at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi February 25 - 28 with the support of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos.
The aim of the conference is to engage the finest...
Greece
New Greek Government Sworn in by President of the Republic
The new Greek government of Alexis Tsipras was sworn-in by the President of the Hellenic Republic; Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Mansion at 10:30 am, on Wednesday.
Pavlopoulos arrived at the Presidential Mansion at 9:30 am, with reporters and television...
Greece
Greek Elections: Konstantopoulou Intends to Run Independently and Cooperate with Popular Unity
Former Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou announced during a press conference on Monday that she will run "independently" while cooperating with Panagiotis Lafazanis' Popular Unity in the September 20 Greek elections.
"I will contribute, so that this mound will become a large front that...