Giorgos Katrougalos

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos on Thursday expressed his strong condemnation of Turkey’s actions in Cyprus’ EEZ to his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu during a meeting in Finland. After the Helsinki meeting, held concurrent with of the 129th Session of...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a minor reshuffling of his cabinet on Friday, following decisions by some ministers to run as candidates in local and municipal elections scheduled for May. Georgios Katrougalos, who has been upgraded from his post as...

Greece is not investing in warlike rhetoric with Turkey, said Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos on Friday, criticizing recent airspace violations by Turkish warplanes in the Aegean. Katrougalos spoke to the press after briefing party representatives on developments in the region at a...

Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday dismissed reports that Qatar has stopped any investment activity in Greece. "It is nothing more than fake news," he said adding that such scenarios undermine...

The assets of Greek politicians for the years 2013 and 2014 were officially announced in Greek Parliament on Wednesday, showing that several have considerable wealth. The assets of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not change compared to 2012 in terms...

Greek public sector employees and military staff who are about to retire will see that the new pensions will be 15 to 25 percent lower than expected. A new circular distributed by the General Accounting Office shows in detail the...

Thousands of angry pensioners gathered on Thursday morning at Kotzia Square in central Athens to protest their slashed pensions, burning the letters sent to them by the labor ministry. The pensioners, through their federation representatives, wanted to return the letter...

On Thursday Labor and Social Insurance Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said that he seeks to "isolate" the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its influence on pension and labor issues in Greece. As Greece is anxiously awaiting release of 2.8 billion euros...

Greece's creditors were reluctant to agree with a labor ministry proposal to freeze repayments of professionals and freelancers in arrears, putting a hurdle in the second bailout program review. In the ongoing negotiations with creditors over the prerequisites of the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday spoke with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos, in the first government meeting after the summer recess. Tsipras and the two cabinet members discussed the creditors' upcoming evaluation of the bailout...