Greece

Manfred Weber, the European People’s Party (EPP) ''spitzenkandidat'' (lead candidate) for the European Commission Presidency in the May 2019 European elections, promises that the EU will "stand by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and the Cypriot people." He...

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Cypriot coastal town of Varosha on Thursday, calling on the European Council to impose sanctions on Turkey over the partial reopening of the town, which violates UN Security Council resolutions. The resolution,...

The EU on Monday promised to work with Turkey to revive the 2016 migration deal between the two that Ankara has blatantly violated by sending thousands of migrants and refugees toward the Greek borders. European Commission president Ursula von der...

The Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will represent Greece and its Premier Alexis Tsipras at the European Council meeting on Tuesday, as the Greek Prime Minister has to return to Greece for his pre-election obligations ahead of the...

Greece's city of Trikala continues its tradition of innovation, being the first Greek -- and one of the very few European cities -- to offer electric vehicles to its visitors and residents for public use. Following the introduction of driverless...

"New Democracy will not ratify the Prespa agreement, not now, not in the next parliament, not ever," Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, addressing his party on Friday evening. "Greece is at the most crucial turning point in its history," said ND leader...

The European Commission and the European People's Party condemned the arrest of three journalists from Greek newspaper Fileleftheros as threat to the rule-of-law, a New Europe report says. Fileleftheros' chief editor, publisher, and senior political reporter were detained following a...

The European Parliament honoured the late Greek politician and former prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, by naming a room after him in Brussels on Thursday, in the presence of Eurodeputies and Greek officials. The event to name the "Room" was attended...

I have full confidence in the Greek government and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Euro2day. Invited to comment on the statements of European People's Party President Manfred Weber, in which the name of the President...

Southern EU leaders met on Friday ahead of a showdown with hardliners at the EU leaders summit in Bratislava on September 16. Asked to comment on the EU-Med Summit aimed at tackling serious EU problems regarding migration, extremism and...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday stressed the need for Europe to move on to an era of post-populism during his address of the 215 members of the European Peoples Party of the European parliament. "The...

Two high-ranking German politicians expressed the opinion that Greece should be out of the Schengen zone and the Eurozone for a period of time. Wolfgang Steiger, general secretary of the Economic Council of Germany's conservative CDU party, stated that Greece...

Greece's finance minister Constantinos Karamanlis signs the agreement for the German debt write off Germany could show some good behavior and write off a part of greek debt like Greece did for Germany in 1953. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' speech...

While some members of the EU Parliament criticised Greek PM Tsipras' lack of concrete proposals, others praised him while some urged Greece to leave the eurozone.

"We, as socialists, will never, ever accept a Grexit," stated president of the Progresive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Giani Pittella, after the Greek prime minister's speech in the European Parliament. "Mr. Tsipras, you don't belong in my party, but at...