Greece

Greece 's  Government Vice President, Foreign Minister and PASOK Party leader,Evangelos Venizelos,  during a press conference held in Athens, to mark the conclusion of the Greek Presidency of the European Council, made an assessment of Greece's Presidency in figures.  More specifically, as he said, during...

In the aftermath of the Farmakonisi incident, New Democracy and SYRIZA continue to exchange words regarding Greece's pressing illegal immigration issue. In the latest round of rebuttals, it was Greek Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou who, replying through a press...

Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece's main opposition leftist party SYRIZA, won't be attending the official ceremony for the six month Greek EU presidency, in Athens Concert Hall. SYRIZA, with an official statement, announced that Tsipras' absence from the ceremony symbolizes the...

As Greece formally took over the symbolic European Union Presidency for six months on Jan. 8 with a ceremony including invited European officials, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said he would conclude negotiations with the country's international lenders during the...

The Greek government is scrambling to finish final preparations before Greece takes over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first half of 2014, with officials saying it the country will be a "presidency...

Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, said Friday that one of the main priorities of his country's rotating EU Presidency will be to strike a deal with the European Parliament over the Single Resolution Mechanism agreed yesterday by Ecofin finance...

European Commission officers have expressed their concern about the delays they have noticed in preparation of the Greek EU presidency which is scheduled to begin in January 2014. According to the newspaper "To Vima," Zappeion Hall, which will host the...

Hoping to beat the clock before Greece takes over the symbolic, but powerless, rotating Presidency of the European Union for six months on Jan. 1, the government is pushing to conclude a deal with its international lenders before then...

The new logo of the Greek Presidency of the European Union, which will begin in January 2014 is rather simple, making reference to Greek elements such as the sea and summer since it forms a small boat. The logo...

The head of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament Joseph Daul has expressed his confidence that the Greek government, to preside over the European Union Council in the first half of 2014, will lead the EU...

The Greek Minister of Public Order--Nikos Dendias--said that the Greek government will put under discussion, the issues of immigration that promote a common European future and coincide with Greek interests and positions, during the Greek presidency of the EU. In...

Greece will hold the six-month rotating Presidency of the European Union beginning January 1st, 2014, with a very limited budget.  This presidency will take place during a period of social unrest brought on by salary cuts, tax raises, slashing...

Greece will spend no more than 50 million euros to host the six-month rotating European Union presidency, which it will assume in January, Parliament was told. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulos told the House's European affairs committee that the government...

While the murder of an anti-fascist hip-hop artist spread social unrest already brewing over austerity measures led to concern that Greece couldn't handle the upcoming symbolic six-month rotating European Union Presidency on Jan. 1, the government has decided to...

ATHENS - Failing to meet his goal of finding peace with Turks occupying the northern third of the island and with his country’s banks needing a bailout to stay solvent, Cypriot President Demetrios Christofias laid out plans for what...