Greece
Greece
Terror Attack in Paris: Greek Presidency Sends Condolences to French Ambassador Chantepy
On Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos' order, the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Ambassador Georgios Gennimatas, sent to the Ambassador of France, Christophe Chantepy, his condolences to the French people and the victims' families of Thursday's terrorist...
Greece
To Potami Opposes Pavlopoulos Candidacy and Nominates Nicos Alivizatos for the Greek Presidency
Greek opposition party To Potami in a statement issued by its leader, Stavros Theodorakis, has expressed its disagreement with SYRIZA’s nomination of former New Democracy Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos for the Presidency of the Republic. Mr. Theodorakis stated, his party...
Greece
SYRIZA Nominates Prokopis Pavlopoulos for Greek Presidency
Just moments earlier, former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos was nominated for the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Pavlopoulos may be elected on the first ballot, which according to the Greek Constitution requires...
Greece
EU Commissioner Avramopoulos Govt Candidate for the Greek Presidency?
The European Commissioner for Immigration, Citizenship and Internal Affairs, and New Democracy (ND) member, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is rumored to be the SYRIZA-led coalition government nominee for the upcoming Presidential election in Greece. According to Greek newspaper "To Vima," the first...
Culture
Beetroot Designed Greek Presidency Logo
Could it ever be possible for a beetroot to turn upside down the world of design and to gain the respect of the European Union?
In fact, it is! Beetroot creative design group from Thessaloniki, Greece, was selected from among...
Greece
Protest in Athens as EU Marks Greek Presidency
Bailout recipient Greece has ceremonially assumed the European Union's six-month presidency amid praise for its reform efforts from visiting senior EU officials. The visit took place during an Athens wide ban on protests.
Several hundred Greek leftists defied the ban...
Greece
Theodorakis Rejects Greek Presidency Notion
Famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who has been on a rant against the government and the country's international lenders, has rebuffed a suggestion from PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos, who's also Deputy Premier/Foreign Minister, to be a candidate for...
Greece
Hatzidaki-Barnier: Priorities for Greek Presidency 2014
The main topic of conversation during a meeting between the Minister of Development and Competitiveness, Kostis Hatzidakis, and European Commissioner of Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier, was the priorities of the Greek Presidency for the first 6 months...
Greece
Venizelos Makes Assessment of Greek EU Presidency
Greece 's Government Vice President, Foreign Minister and PASOK Party leader,Evangelos Venizelos, during a press conference held in Athens, to mark the conclusion of the Greek Presidency of the European Council, made an assessment of Greece's Presidency in figures. More specifically, as he said, during...
Greece
Kedikoglou: Illegal Immigration Biggest Issue for Greek EU Presidency
In the aftermath of the Farmakonisi incident, New Democracy and SYRIZA continue to exchange words regarding Greece's pressing illegal immigration issue. In the latest round of rebuttals, it was Greek Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou who, replying through a press...
Greece
Tsipras Won't Attend Greek EU Presidency Ceremony
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece's main opposition leftist party SYRIZA, won't be attending the official ceremony for the six month Greek EU presidency, in Athens Concert Hall.
SYRIZA, with an official statement, announced that Tsipras' absence from the ceremony symbolizes the...
Economy
Antonis Samaras: SRM One of Greek EU Presidency's Main Priorities
Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, said Friday that one of the main priorities of his country's rotating EU Presidency will be to strike a deal with the European Parliament over the Single Resolution Mechanism agreed yesterday by Ecofin finance...
Greece
Concerns about Greek EU Presidency Delays
European Commission officers have expressed their concern about the delays they have noticed in preparation of the Greek EU presidency which is scheduled to begin in January 2014.
According to the newspaper "To Vima," Zappeion Hall, which will host the...
Economy
EPP’s Daul Optimistic on Greek EU Presidency
The head of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament Joseph Daul has expressed his confidence that the Greek government, to preside over the European Union Council in the first half of 2014, will lead the EU...
Cyprus
‘Greek Cypriots Should not Get EU Presidency’
Cyprus' EU presidency, slated for July 2012, could be withheld if a solution to the Cyprus problem is not on the cards by the end of the year, according to Turkish Cypriot leader Dervish Eroglu’s representative Kudret Ozersay.
In an...