Greece

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is visiting Athens on Thursday to discuss the refugee crisis and the progress of the bailout program implementation. Steinmeier will meet with President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos at 1pm and Prime Minister Alexis...

Europe is dealing with an unusual crisis which goes beyond Britain’s planned exit from the European Union and will not blow over in a few months or years, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in joint press conference with Greek...

Greece still has not reached the end destination and it will take additional reforms, even if economic indicators are improving. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview with Kathimerini newspaper on Friday, adding that the end objective is that...

"Renzi did what was right and necessary, but the Italians did not vote for yes," said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier during his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday. Steinmeier said the crisis in Italy is "governmental"...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, with talks focusing directly on the ongoing refugees crisis plaguing Greece and the rest of Europe, the economic crisis, as well as bilateral relations. During the...

The European Union is best suited to help stop the war in Syria and promote peace in the Middle East, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Athens on Thursday. The President...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on a two-day official visit to Athens, said on Jan. 10 that the government must stick to reforms no matter the political cost. He met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader,...

Leaders from around the world have been sending congratulatory letters and messages to the new President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, over the last few days. In his letter to President Sakellaropoulou, US President Donald Trump said ''Relations between...

The heads of state participating in the 15th Arraiolos Group Meeting on Friday adopted the 'Athens Declaration' on the future of Europe and European integration, following their meeting in the Greek capital. The meeting was held in Athens at the...

The heart of Europe is now beating in Athens, where the 15th annual meeting of the "Arraiolos Group," comprised of heads of state from around the continent, takes place on Friday. The topic of the informal summit, which was convened...

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, visited the ancient site of ancient Messene, near modern-day's city of Kalamata in southern Peloponnese. Steinmeier arrived to the site using a small electric car and was accompanied by the President of the Hellenic...

Greece still seeks reparations for its victims of World War Two and repayment for a loan it was forced to make to its Nazi occupiers, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos told his visiting German counterpart on Thursday. Reparations are "legally active and...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a visit to the Haidari concentration camp, west of Athens on Thursday, which was operated by the Nazis during the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II. Steinmeier and his wife laid flowers at...

Greece is about to launch a campaign to claim €280 billion ($323 billion) in war reparations from Germany, reports Der Spiegel. The German magazine notes that as long as Greece was dependent on EU support, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had...

Documenta 14 Exhibition entitled "Learning from Athens" was inaugurated on Saturday at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), in Athens, by the Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The director...