Nikos Kotzias

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Tuesday received UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide at the foreign ministry, for a discussion that Eide later described as constructive. Leaving the meeting, which had focused on the latest...

Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek invited Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias to visit Prague as soon as possible and vowed to return the visit on Wednesday, in an effort to restore relations between the two countries which soured after the...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), Nikola Poposki,  announced on Thursday that they will continue regular bilateral visits, in a bid toward building trust in bilateral relations. In a joint...

FYROM Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says he would be open to change his country's name in the hope of ending a 24-year long dispute with Greece. Since 1991, when Yugoslavia broke up, Greece accuses Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for...

"Conditions are overripe (for a name solution), given that we’ve been waiting for more than two decades," said FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, on the controversial issue of the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Poposki spoke to Kathimerini daily...

In a historical decision, the Greek Parliament is to recognize the State of Palestine on December 22. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has already signed the decision according to which "Palestine" will be the official name of the State of Palestine....

United States Secretary of State John Kerry concluded his visit to Greece with a meeting with Greek Foreign Affairs minister Nikos Kotzias on Friday afternoon. "Η Αμερική στηρίζει την Ελλάδα" Kerry said in Greek, meaning that America supports Greece, kicking off his...

Following the controversial takedown of a Russian Air Force aircraft by Turkish F-16 authorities, Wikileaks has released figures on Turkish violations of Greek airspace. A Wikileaks tweet, citing data compiled by the University of Thessaly, based on Greek military records, alleges that Turkey violated...

Greece was elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the period 2015-2019, with the highest number of votes (165 of 186 cast) in Electoral Group I (countries of Western Europe and North Africa), in the elections that took...

United States Secretary of State John Kerry postponed a visit to Athens, scheduled to take place on November 14, as well as a visit to Cyprus. The visit has been postponed for a later uknown date, most likely in December, due to...