Karolos Papoulias

Greece welcomed the New Year with wishes for a swift exit from the severe debt crisis which has brought hardship to Greek people over the past three years. Amid painful austerity and recession political leaders and citizens on the streets...

Greece's government plans to push for a tougher stance against tax dodgers - including jail - in the new tax bill to be tabled at the parliament next week, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said on Dec. 5. The draft...

Princesses of the Mediterranean at the Dawn of History is a new show organized by the Athens Museum of Cycladic Art, in collaboration with the University of Crete and the Ministry of Public Education and Culture. For the first time...

Greek President Karolos Papoulias said on Oct. 28 - Oxi Day - that he believes the debt-ridden country will overcome the current economic crisis which threatens it with chaotic default, although he didn't say how, and as the economy...

Greek investments in Egypt will increase to 5 billion U.S. dollars, official news agency MENA quoted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi as saying at a press conference he held with his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias on Thursday. At the joint conference,...

President of the Greek Republic, Karolos Papoulias, is expected to visit Egypt from October 18 to 20, accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense as well as other senior officials. This visit, is of special importance as...

Cyprus wants to avoid a painful recession like Greece is going through as it continues talks with the European Union and International Monetary Fund on bailout terms, President Demetris Christofias said. “You’ve already lived through it but we don’t want...

The Greek President's salary is about to be halved under an amendment put forth in the Parliament, although it is moot for the current office holder, Karolos Papoulias, who has waived the monthly salary of 23,122 euros, some $30,351,...

The Greek Jewish community in a letter to the country’s political leaders and President Kaloros Papoulias expressed its “revulsion” to the swearing in of an anti-Semitic musician as a Member of the Greek Parliament. Artemios Mattheopoulos of the far-right Golden...

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias praised expatriate Greek university professors and their work in foreign countries and not just Europe, during a meeting he had with professors Demetres Kerides (Panteion University of Athens), Stathis Kalyvas (Yale University)...