News from Greece

We met today with Deputy Prime Minister Besimi, and we had the opportunity to look at the whole range of our bilateral relations, regional developments, and the European perspective of the Western Balkan region.I would like say that this is my second meeting with Mr. Besimi. Last March, in our...

D. AVRAMOPOULOS: I would also like to extend once again my warmest thanks to my good friend and colleague, Elmar, for his invitation and for the very, very warm hospitality he reserved for me and for the rest of the Greek delegation. Maybe you don’t know that my very first...

Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met today with the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, Alexander Downer.Mr. Downer briefed Mr. Avramopoulos on his recent meetings in Cyprus and his thoughts on the next steps in the UN process, and they also discussed the outlook for the reopening of the...

D. AVRAMOPOULOS: I had the pleasure today of welcoming to Athens the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Zlatko Lagumdzija.During our talks, we carried out a detailed review of our bilateral relations. We also talked about regional and international issues.We reaffirmed...

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Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen MPs,Allow me to start by welcoming to the Hellenic Parliament my colleague the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Lagumdzija, with whom I will be having a meeting and talks today on issues concerning the relations between the two countries. So I welcome him...

“During the period of time covered by the European Commission’s spring report on FYROM, significant backsliding was seen in Skopje.This backslide is due, to a large extent, to the political crisis that began this past December. But essentially, this situation is due to, and is a crisis in, the functioning...

The Athens and Epidaurus festival unveiled its 2013 programme, on May 15. This year’s edition includes an abundance of events, featuring top-notch performers from Greece and abroad. Acclaimed...

Greece’s pioneer commercial fleet and geographic position renders it China’s gateway to Europe and Europe’s to China, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said, addressing an event organized by the Greek...

Greece’s bathing waters rank fifth in terms of cleanliness in Europe for 2012, according to a European Environment Agency report on the cleanness of European bathing waters, released May 21. Cyprus...

The Ministry of Tourism is organising Gastronomy Days: Geographical Indication Greek, to be held at the Benaki Museum- Pireus Annex on May 24-26. The aim of the event is to showcase the heterogeneous...

The Laboratory of International Relations and European Integration of the University of Macedonia hosted on May 20 an event titled Rebuilding a New Europe: The role of humanism, as part of...

The 4th Go International business mission and forum will take place in Moscow, on May 27-28. During the 2-day event, over 150 Greek companies will have the opportunity to meet with over 250 Russian...

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece is on an official visit to the United States from May 15 to 21. Invited by Archbishop Demetrios of America, Ieronymos is the first Prelate of the Church...