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Samaras-Merkel Meeting in Berlin Ends; No Specific Decisions Taken on 'Greek Issue'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras earlier today, expressed her content with the progress achieved in Greece's recovery program. Although the Greek Premier went to Berlin with a specific agenda, no...

Samaras to Meet Merkel in Berlin Next Tuesday

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have a working lunch in Berlin on Tuesday, September 23, it was announced on Wednesday. The Secretariat General of Information and Communication announced that the meeting was finalized yesterday,...

Tsipras Calls for Elections; Presents Economic Plan

SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras, speaking during the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Saturday, referred to his party's economic policy and called for general elections immediately. Tsipras attacked the coalition government and accused Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos of obeying the demands of...

EU-Western Balkan Integration Meeting: “Greece, FYRoM Must Resolve Name Difference”

The differences between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM) on the latter's name must be "resolved urgently," participants at an EU-Western Balkans meeting in Berlin agreed on Thursday. The meeting was organized by Germany and sought to...

Der Spiegel: Strong Critisism Of Merkel's Policy Over Greece

German newspaper Der Spiegel strongly criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel in a recent article, for her inefficiency to deal with the Eurozone crisis. Euro crisis is here, Merkel is chasing windmills, her policy aggravates problems rather than solving them, noted the article. According...

Tsipras Says Farage, Le Pen Austerity Monsters

Greece's major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, who has benefited from opposition to austerity measures, said he's not interested in working with other leaders of other protest parties in England and France who made...

Venizelos Describes How Greece Avoided Exit from Eurozone

Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek Deputy Prime Minister, in an exclusive interview with the British newspaper Guardian talked about the summit in Cannes in November 2011 when Greece was nearly forced out of the eurozone. "It was a meal where only four of...

Tsipras Asks Voters To Kick Out Old Guard

Locked in a tight race with the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in the May 25 European Parliament elections and the run-off round of balloting for Greek municipalities, major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left...

Germany: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Dachau

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, visited Dachau, a former German-nazi concentration camp, on Monday. During his visit he prayed for the memory of the victims who were killed during the nazi occupation. According to...

Patriarch Bartholomew Ending Visit to Germany in Dachau

The Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios will end his nine-day official visit to Germany on Monday with a visit to the Dachau concentration camp, where thousands of Jews lost their lives during World War II. The spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church met with...