Greece

The US Ambassador to Athens welcomed the announcement by the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) to cooperate with the United States' sanctions on Venezuela until there is a change in that country’s regime. "I greatly appreciate the latest statements and...

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his full support for the people of Venezuela on Friday during a meeting in Davos, Switzerland with Juan Guaido, the opposition leader and President of the country's National Assembly. Guaido has been officially recognized...

One of the first initiatives taken on Friday by the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, was to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president. The previous leftist administration of Alexis Tsipras had an ambivalent stance on the issue. Whereas,...

Greece is aligned with the European Union's stance regarding the Venezuelan crisis, Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos stated on Wednesday. “In the Venezuelan crisis, Greece is aligned with Europe and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs...

Greece's ruling left-wing party of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) issued a statement on Tuesday evening commenting on the dramatic developments in Venezuela. SYRIZA noted in its statement that the only way forward is dialogue and democracy, urging...

The Venezuelan ambassador to Greece on Wednesday dismissed allegations that the plane which made an unexpected stop in Athens last Saturday was shipping gold out of the country. In an interview with the Greek daily newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton," Freddy...

Greek authorities confirmed on Tuesday that Venezuela's foreign minister Jorge Arreaza was on board a government plane than landed unexpectedly at Athens international airport on Saturday. According to an announcement by the Greek Civil Aviation Authority, the plane carrying Arreaza...

A government plane from the South American nation of Venezuela landed in Athens on Saturday, March 2 at 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) and reportedly stayed there for approximately four hours. This odd occurrence was revealed by Greece's SKAI TV...

The Greek government refused to follow the lead of all major European countries, and most of the Western world, on Monday in declining to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela. Germany, France, the UK, Spain and...

Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido expressed his concern on Monday about the Greek government's stance regarding the dire political situation in his country. Speaking with Greece's SKAI TV, Guaido said that he is concerned about Greece's hesitation to condemn the current...

Only crisis-hit Venezuela was ahead of Greece in terms of losing money in the ten years prior to 2017, new research claims. According to New World Wealth analysts' report, Greece came second on a list of countries which had the...

Greek diplomats denied a Financial Times report, according to which Athens blocked the imposition of EU sanctions to Venezuela. According to Kathimerini news daily, diplomats dismissed the report as “misinformed”. The same sources insisted that sanctions “were never proposed” during a...

Opposition New Democracy asked Alexis Tsipras to explain his contact with the government of Venezuela, following press reports that in 2013 he asked the Maduro regime for help to support a possible Grexit. According to a report in Eleftheros Typos...

Main opposition New Democracy MPs, led by the party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday demanded to know why Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Minister Nikos Pappas had taken a trip to Venezuela in 2013 with a lawyer specializing in...

Greece comes in fourth place on the Bloomberg's misery index, followed by Turkey and Spain. The "misery" calculations are based on inflation and unemployment perspectives. Venezuela tops the list for the third year in a row where both financial and...