Greece

"The timetable for the negotiation process over the third rescue package for Greece is difficult to be met," German news magazine Focus said, citing a German officials' assessment. Consequently, as it is noted, the German Parliament meeting that had already been planned...

Saturday's Eurogroup marks Greece's deadline to come to an agreement with creditors over the debt issue, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. After that, Greece most likely will default on its payment to the International Monetary Fund...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he was surprised by Greek officials' statements that Greece and its creditors are close to an agreement" contradicting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who said earlier that he is finally close to an agreement with...

Bond investors in Europe "are more confident than not" that an agreement will be reached between Greece and its creditors to avoid a default, S&P Dow Jones Indices said in a report on the bond market. The report, published by Financial...

The Hessian Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded jointly to the former Prime Minister of Greece, main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, it was announced on Monday. The decision was...

Just hours after an agreement to cancel military activities planned on each country's respective national holidays, Turkey announced that it would go ahead with planned military exercises scheduled on Greece's OXI Day. This announcement breaks the moratorium announced by NATO...

Political parties reached a consensus on Tuesday on a draft of new legislation that will allow Greek expatriates to vote from their country of residence. The inter-party committee agreed that Greeks abroad can vote through the nation's embassies and consulates...

A technical agreement for the patrolling of North Macedonian airspace by Greek fighter jets was signed on Monday in Thessaloniki. The agreement was signed by the General Christos Christodoulou, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, and Lieutenant General...

One year ago, the government of Alexis Tsipras, with the support of Panos Kammenos, signed the controversial Prespa agreement, giving the small Balkan country north of Greece the name "North Macedonia" despite the strenuous objections of the vast majority of Greek people. "The agreement...

Hellenic Police and the Hellenic Coast Guard are in disagreement over operational procedures after two men of the latter were injured following a drug raid in Exarchia on Thursday night. Eight men of the coast guard accompanied by a prosecutor...

When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to push the Prespa Agreement through the House by "borrowing" lawmakers from other parties, the repercussions end up turning parliamentary rules upside down. Small parties were dismantled, others struggled to keep the minimum...

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis in an open letter published by the Greek daily Ta Nea on Saturday calls on Greek Parliamentarians to vote against the Prespa Agreement. Theodorakis calls on all 300 members of the Parliament not to support ''this...

The draft bill of the Prespa agreement was brought to the Greek Parliament on Saturday morning. The bill, which will be discussed in the Greek Parliament next week, is expected to be voted on by Friday, January 25, 2019. According to the...

Prokopios Pavlopoulos, the President of Greece, visited the European Union Commission's Headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday afternoon and spoke with the Greek employees of the Commission. He remarked to them that Greece is not willing to accept "any arbitrary interpretations" of the...

Energean Oil, an international oil and gas exploration and production company based in Greece which has developed sites in Israel and in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, announced on Monday that it has signed an new agreement. The new compact...