Greece
Greece
At Last, A Woman for President of the Hellenic Republic
The decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday to propose a female candidate for the President of the Hellenic Republic sent shock waves through the male-dominated Greek political system -- and society itself.
Mitsotakis proposed Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, first female...
Greece
Greek PM Proposes a Female Judge as the Next President of Hellenic Republic
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in a televised message on Wednesday evening that his ruling New Democracy party will propose Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou as a candidate for the position of President of the Republic.
PM Mitsotakis announced the candidate following...
Greece
Pasok Leader Meets President of Hellenic Republic to Discuss Migrant Crisis
The President of the Hellenic Republic received today the president of PASOK and head of the Democratic Alignment Fofi Gennimata.
The aim of the meeting, made upon the request of Fofi Gennimata, was to discuss the migration crisis and its...
Business
President of the Hellenic Republic to Inaugurate Thessaloniki International Fair on Friday
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, will inaugurate the 80th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on September 4.
The TIF, which will run from September 5 until September 13, includes commercial exhibitions from a number of different themes and sectors, including innovation,...
Cyprus
President of the Hellenic Republic: Greece Is Always Strong Enough to Support Cyprus
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos has reiterated Athens' support for a solution of the Cyprus problem, noting that despite the difficulties the country is faced with, it is always strong enough to support Cyprus.
Pavlopoulos, who received Cypriot...
Greece
Prokopis Pavlopoulos Sworn In as the Seventh President of the Hellenic Republic
Newly elected President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos was sworn in earlier today at a ceremony in the country’s Parliament, amid heavy rain. The new Greek President took the traditional oath administered by Archbishop Ieronymos. Pavlopoulos, who is Greece...
Greece
Prokopis Pavlopoulos: Who Is the New President of the Hellenic Republic?
The new President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was elected today, February 18, by the Greek Parliament. Pavlopoulos was born in 1950 in Kalamata, Greece, where he finished his school studies. In 1968, he moved to the Greek...
Greece
President of the Hellenic Republic Sends Message to Greek Diaspora
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, sent his annual Christmas message to Greeks abroad, wishing that 2015 will prove to be a year of national growth. He expressed his optimism that with the Greek Diaspora’s help, the...
Greece
Independent Greeks Decide not to Vote for President of the Hellenic Republic
The two-day Independent Greeks (ANEL) opposition party convention ended on Sunday with a unanimous decision not to vote for the new President of the Hellenic Republic in parliament.
Closing the 2nd ANEL party convention, party leader Panos Kammenos said “none of the...
Economy
Andreas Taprantzis Resigns from the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has announced the resignation of Andreas Taprantzis from his position as Executive Director of the Fund's Board of Directors. The resignation is effective as of November 1, 2014.
Andreas Tapantzis has been a...
Greece
A Message from the President of the Hellenic Republic to the Greek Diaspora
On the occasion of the 191st National Day Anniversary on March 25, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, sent a message to the Diaspora Greeks thanking them for being the pillar of moral support for the debt-hit...
Greece
Republicans in Greece Confident Greek-Americans will Give Thumbs-Up to Trump
"The Greek-American community, either in Greece or in the USA, is voting massively Republican," the Chairman of the Hellenic chapter of the group Republicans Overseas, Jonathan Constantine, tells Greek Reporter just three weeks ahead of the election.
"Greek-Americans in Greece...
Greece
International Hellenic Associaton Pens Open Letter to Turkey's President Erdogan Concerning Irredentist Claims
The International Hellenic Associaton sent an open letter to the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan following his recent statements:
Dear President Erdogan,
Recently, you have launched an often repeated and relentless campaign referring to “your heart’s borders"...
Cyprus
Death of the Republic of Cyprus
There is euphoria in the air on resolving the Cyprus issue this year; come rain or shine there will be a solution – so insist all the major players including a Nobel Prize winner! What kind of a solution?...
Economy
President of Republic: No Surplus of Public Sector Employees in Greece
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said that there is no surplus of public sector employees in Greece and that there are shortages in some areas.
The Greek president and Deputy Minister of Administrative Reform Christoforos Vernardakis had a...