Nikos Kotzias

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels on Monday (March 14) to attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). The items on the FAC agenda include the European Union’s relations with Russia and Iran, as...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias did not rule out the possibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' veto at the EU Summit on the refugee issue. "The veto is a negotiation tool, a tool to promote the right position. It must be used...

The refugee and migrant crisis is a global problem that concerns all of Europe, not just Greece or Turkey, Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday in joint statements with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, following their meeting...

"The main cause of the refugee crisis is the war, and they tend to forget it and put the blame on us," Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with Skai TV late on Tuesday. Regarding Austria's stance, he...

Greece did not accept the invitation to participate in the second meeting of police chiefs of the five Balkan countries, Fyrom, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria, that is held on Tuesday at Belgrade on the borders issue. The first...

Greece's Ambassador to Vienna, Chrysoula Aleiferi, has been recalled to Athens by Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Aleiferi is being called back to Athens, two days after the approach that the Foreign Ministry made, due to the meeting that took place...

Bilateral relations, the refugee issue, the crises in several regions as well as the Cyprus issue were among the topics discussed during a working dinner hosted by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeir to his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias on...

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is meeting on Thursday with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in Athens to hold talks on European Union reform, Cyprus and the refugee issue. Ahead of his arrival in Athens, the British official said: Britain and...

Greece and Turkey are planning a series of high-level bilateral meetings to discuss tackling the ongoing migrant influx. The trilateral talks between Greece, Turkey and Germany are likely to be called off, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure...

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias received on Friday DUI President Ali Ahmeti, leader of FYROM's largest ethnic Albanian party, which is a coalition partner in the Skopje government. In statements afterwards, Ahmeti noted that the issue of FYROM's name is a priority for his party, since it...