Dimitris Avramopoulos
Greece
First Woman Heads Greek Naval Academy
A woman will take over the administration of the Hellenic Naval Academy (HNA) in Piraeus, Greece for the first time in the Academy’s history.
She is a Cypriot cadet with a battle group specialty, who will overcome the impassable of...
Cyprus
Detained Greeks Released From Occupied Cyprus
Three Greeks who were being held in the Turkish-occupied territory of Cyprus have been released, the Greek Foreign Ministry said.
The three Greek citizens were detained after being accused of having unlawfully entering the Turkish territories being held in defiance...
Energy
Avramopoulos in Azerbaijan for Energy Cooperation
Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos will travel to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku on April 29 for an official two-day visit.
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev will receive Avramopoulos, who will meet with Azerbaijan’s Prime Minister, Artur...
Greece
Avramopoulos Wants German WWII Reparations
Greece, after shying away from testing Germany, the biggest contributor to international bailouts propping up the Greek economy, said it will press for payments of reparations from damages caused by the Nazis in World War II.
The Finance Ministry has...
Europe
Avramopoulos Attends Thatcher’s Funeral
Greece was represented at the funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher by Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who was among the 2,300 guests invited to attend the ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral.
The event was comparable to that of...
Greece
Greek-Russian Exchanges
Tourism, construction, investments, gas and railways are just some of the areas of cooperation between Greece and Russia. This arose from the results of the 8th Congress of the Joint Commission on Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation which...
Canada
Avramopoulos Meets Canadian Execs
Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met on Feb. 26 with representatives of major Canadian companies and executives of large Greek Canadian businesses, within the framework of his official visit to Canada.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a dinner...
Canada
Avramopoulos to Visit Toronto and Montreal
The Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos, is to hold a three-day visit to Canada, from Feb. 25 to 27.
Avramopoulos will be in Toronto on Feb. 25, where he will meet with the Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox...
World
Greek Ambassador to Mexico, Anninos, Dies Suddenly
The newly-appointed Greek Ambassador in Mexico City, Dimitrios Anninos, passed away on Feb. 15 of an aortic aneurysm rupture, the newspaper Kathimerini reported, only a day after presenting his credentials to President Enrique Pena Nieto. During his career, he...
Europe
Greece-Turkey Meeting in Ankara
Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos arrived in Ankara on Friday for talks with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, who visited Athens last October.
The talks between the two men, as Kathimerini reports, are designed to prepare the ground for the...