Politics

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will visit Athens this week to urge the Greek government to expedite required economic reforms, according to the Treasury Department. Lew will make a stop in Athens on his way to the Group of 20...

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday expressed his satisfaction at the joint statement being prepared by the EU General Affairs Council concerning the situation in Turkey, following Friday's failed coup attempt. In statements to Greek journalists, Kotzias said agreement...

Turkey's demand for the immediate extradition of the eight military men who sought asylum in Greece after the coup attempt in Turkey, brings to mind the case of Kurdish PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Abdullah Ocalan is one of the founding...

As Turkey is in a strange situation - the situation has not normalized yet - you always have some concerns and you ought to take measures, Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said in statements to private SKAI TV regarding...

The Alexandroupolis first instance court on Monday has granted a three-day postponement in the trial of eight Turkish military men who fled to Greece after the coup attempt in Turkey. The eight men are charged with illegally entering the country...

Greece is trying to avoid tension with Turkey over the extradition of the eight military men who allegedly participated in the coup attempt and sought asylum on Greek soil. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said that Ankara has demanded...

European Commissioner for Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici arrived in Athens on Monday to prepare the ground for talks on the implementation of the fiscal measures required for the second bailout program review. Moscovici will meet with Greek Finance Minister Euclid...

At a press conference in Melbourne last Thursday, independent senator Nick Xenophon announced alongside other independent members of government that he will be re-engaging in his quest to cap poker bet machines with $1 maximum limits and creating bans on...

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias chaired a meeting on the developments in Turkey following the failed coup attempt and safety in the region. Greece unequivocally condemned the coup attempt in Turkey during this meeting on Sunday, and it was stated...

No passenger trains will travel from Monday until Wednesday, while freight trains will be immobilised until next Thursday, due to a new round of rolling three-hour work stoppages announced by workers in the Greek railway operator TRAINOSE. In a union...

The Muslim minority at the Greek province of Thrace was quick to react to the news that eight military officials involved in the failed military coup in Turkey were seeking political asylum in Greece. Greek daily newspaper To Vima reports...

The Greek government returned the Turkish Black Hawk helicopter that landed in Alexandroupolis at 22:30 (local time) Saturday after it was hijacked by eight members of the Turkish military involved in their country's failed coup. The helicopter was received...

Supporters of the so-called No Border Camp, a movement in favor of refugees, are being investigated for their involvement in two student sit-ins at Thessaloniki's Aristotle University. Prosecutors on Friday pondered on whether anyone should face criminal charges after the occupations. The...

A night of explosions, gunfire and tanks rolled along the streets of Istanbul on Friday in an attempted coup, however President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took charge and issued an announcement stating that the government had quashed the exertion and was in...

Early on Friday morning, people occupied the Philosophy school of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in support of the occupation of the Law School. Dean Dimitris Mavroskoufis said that forty young people pushed by the guards and forced them...