Greek-German relations
Europe
Germans Collecting Signatures to Return War Reparations in Greece
Hundreds of Germans have signed a petition through the organization change.org, urging German Chancellor Angela Merkel to return the Second World War reparations to Greece. The petition was organized at the initiative of Peira, a Berlin-based political association.
The association...
Greece
German Foreign Minister: I'm Pleased the German-Greek Relations Improved
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier declared pleased over the recently improved relations between Greece and Germany, while welcoming a softer tone in bilateral discussions after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ official visit to Berlin. Steinmeier met with the Greek Premier at his hotel...
Greece
German President Pays Homage to Nazi Greek Village Massacre
On Thursday, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck, along with his Greek counterpart, Karolos Papoulias, visited the historic village of Ligiades, where the German President paid tribute to the people killed by the Nazis during...
Greece
Greek President Papoulias Meets with German Counterpart
"Greece and Germany share a common future as part of their European course," Greek President Karolos Papoulias told his German counterpart Joachim Gauck on Thursday, after an official welcome ceremony at the Greek presidential mansion.
Papoulias said he paid particular attention to...
Greece
German President Joachim Gauck Visiting Greece
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck, arrived Wednesday morning in Greece, as part of an official state visit to the country until Friday, at the invitation of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias.
Joachim...
Education
Greek-German ‘Europaschule’ in Berlin to be Closed
The decision of the German Ministry of Education of the State of Berlin to close the Greek-German European public school while more and more young German and Greek children are interested in attending this unique school, has caused many...
Economy
Clear 100-day Plan for New Greek Government
Regardless of the 17th June election winner in Greece, the new government would be given a final chance, reads an extensive Reuters report citing a German EU official. The report focuses on the progressive deterioration of relations between Germany...
Europe
Nana Mouskouri Says Greek-German Ties Strained But Safe
Nana Mouskouri says Greek-German relations have hit a bad patch but are not fundamentally in danger, in a German newspaper Friday ahead of a tour of the country.
"We know that the Germans are the most important and indispensable group...
Greece
German Austerity Policies Remind Greeks of Nazi Occupation
According to Reuters, the harsh austerity measures imposed by the German mechanisms on the Greek people have revived historical enmities and many Greeks are beginning to compare the current circumstances to the Nazi Occupation of Greece during World War...