Politics

Consul General of Turkey in Thessaloniki Mr. Tuğrul Biltekin talked about Greece's economic crisis during the recent one-day-conference titled 'Greece-Turkey: cooperation challenge' that was held in Thessaloniki. In particular, Biltekin said that Turkey is currently the only country that...

Only a few days after Turkish President Abdullah Gul called the Greek part of Cyprus “half a country” and said his country will not recognize the upcoming Cypriot rotating European Union Presidency nor deal with it, Turkey has reportedly...

Public sector reform has got underway today in Greece with the application of the law calling for a temporary suspension from work for over 30,000 state employees by the end of 2013. It is a measure of which no...

ATHENS – Interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, in a bid to keep together a fractious coalition and get other splinter parties to support a second bailout from international lenders and more austerity measures, said he will meet with Members...

The International Court of Justice decision on the 5th of November is expected to favour FYROM concerning Macedonia's Name Dispute.  In an application filed in November 2008, FYROM claimed that Greece violated its rights by objecting to its application...

Even as the Greek Finance Ministry failed to meet yet another vow to release the names of individual[...]

The leader of the Greek far-right nationalist party Laos said on Saturday he will support newly appointed Prime Minister Lucas Papademos until the government's work is completed. "It is implied that Laos will support Papdemos's government until it completes its...

After growing outrage at a so-called “emergency” property tax that was put into electric bills under the threat of having power turned off, wages garnished or properties seized for non-payment, the[...]

Former Cypriot Commerce and Industry Minister Giorgos Lillikas is being sued by the state for an unauthorized decision he allegedly made to aid cattle farmers. However, the cattle farmers never received any of the promised money and have, therefore, filed...

Citizens in Mytilene welcomed the new Development, Competitiveness & Maritime Deputy Minister Adonis Georgiadis from far-right LAOS with eggs and oranges. Local police had to protect him twice and guarantee a safe passage. Firstly, an angry crowd had gathered outside a government building...

Europe must invest to avoid recession becoming the next stage of the sovereign debt crisis, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Friday. "We socialists know we must be fiscally responsible," Papandreou told the convention of the Party of European...

The new private sector involvement (PSI+) plan will be the focus of next month's visit to Athens by representatives of the country's international creditors - the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, collectively known...

One of the three "inalienable" conditions imposed by the New Democracy leader, Antonis Samaras, to support a national salvation government in Greece, was the date of early elections, which he had helped to ensure would be scheduled for February...

A letter sent to European Union officials by New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras pledging his[...]

Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament and President of the Committee on European Affairs Mrs. Rodoula Zisi met with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Greece Mr. Volodymyr Shkurov. The two officials discussed matters concerning the strong friendship relations developed between...