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Greece
Greece, Turkey Can't Agree On Sea Deal
Only days after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras went to Turkey to meet his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to try to resolve differences over gas and oil exploration in the sea between the countries, a further breach has developed....
Canada
Avramopoulos Upbeat About Greece’s Economy
During Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos’ visit to Canada, the newspaper Ottawa Citizen published his interview regarding recovery plans for Greece's economy.
He said that the current Greek crisis in 10 years from now, will be "a memory which will act...
Greece
Samaras Says No Shake-Up, No Venizelos
PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos’ new hopes of having his party members – including him - join the coalition government headed by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras were dashed when a government spokesman denied reports...
Business
Greek Pipeline Deal With Italy, Albania
Greece has signed a pipeline deal for Transadriatic Pipeline (TAP) project with Italy and Albania to deliver Caspian natural gas to the European Union. The signing ceremony took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens in the...
Greece
UN Envoy, Samaras Talk FYROM Talk
The United Nations envoy on the FYROM name issue Matthew Nimetz, who has been stymied for nearly 14 years to get Greece and its northern neighbor to agree on a name to replace the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,...
Australia
Panepirotic Federation Blasts Berisha
The Panepirotic Federation of Australia condemned the recent comments made by Albania's Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, who referred to a “greater Albania” including areas that belong to Greece, ahead of celebrations to mark the centenary of his country’s independence.
Berisha's...
Greece
Avramopoulos Cancels Albania Trip Over Flap
Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos canceled a trip to Albania after that country's Prime Minister Sali Berisha referred to a “greater Albania” including areas that belong to Greece, ahead of celebrations to mark the centenary of the Balkan country’s...
Greece
FYROM EU Talks Without Name Deal
Only days after officials in Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia agreed to narrow disagreements and continue negotiations over the name of Greece’s northern neighbor, European European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said that talks on FYROM’s accession...
Greece
Palestinian Riyad al-Malki Visits Greece
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki, in a visit to Athens, thanked Greece and stressed that his people will not accept any less rights than those already earned by the people of the Arab spring.
Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos...
Greece
Davutoglu Talks of "A Sea of Friendship and Peace"
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held talks on Oct. 10 with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, was paying his first visit to Greece since the conservative-led coalition government was formed in June.
Relations between the two regional rivals have improved...