Karolos Papoulias

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on July 19 will host Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for meetings that are expected to include more agreements being signed as China boosts its presence in Greece. The Chinese company Cosco already essentially runs the...

  With privatization and foreign direct investment lagging, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has discussed the sale of the country's gas transmission network DESFA with visiting Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, and the construction of the the Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP)...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, still feeling the effect of his New Democracy Conservatives second-place finish in the European Parliament elections, is reportedly planning to scrap a dreaded "solidarity" tax and reduce the Value Added Tax (TAX) as part...

President of Republic Karolos Papoulias received Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the Presidential Mansion on Thursday. "The key to the country's course is the political stability and we are determined to go down that road to the end," Samaras said. "There are still...

Evangelos Venizelos had announced the meeting with President Karolos Papoulias, where he intended to comment on the statements of SYRIZA leader, Alexis Tsipras and also to propose some ways to “reunite the nation” and maintain stability in the country. Mr....

Following his coalition's defeat in European Parliament elections to the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is mulling yet another rejiggering of his Cabinet and reportedly is even considering whether to ask other...

Major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias on May 26, a day after his party won the European Parliament elections and said there should now be early national elections. SYRIZA...

On the eve of elections for municipalities and EU Parliament, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras said SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is trying to destabilize Greece just as it's recovering from a crushing economic crisis. Greeks go...

The ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China in 2014 was held today, in an empty Panathenaic Stadium. The ceremony was attended by the Greek President of the Republic, Karolos Papoulias, while the new...

President of the Greek Republic Karolos Papoulias received at Maximos Mansion representatives of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) including its president, Anthony Kouzounis.  Papoulias welcomed them with good news: “Greece and Greek people have achieved what no one thought possible; through great sacrifice we...