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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....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...