Meeting
Greece
Meeting Between Tsipras-Davutoglu Concluded
The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was completed on Thursday.
Tsipras underlined the importance of cooperation between Greece and Turkey on the handling of refugees flows.
On his side, Davutoglu agreed on the...
Greece
Greek Premier Samaras Meets With Govt VP Venizelos
Greek government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos characterized the negotiations with the country's lenders as "rough and challenging" after his meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The coalition government partners' meeting focused mainly on the ongoing negotiations with the Troika, ahead of the next Eurogroup...
Greece
Malmström Visits Greece to Address Immigration Issues
On Tuesday, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström, met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Minister of Public Order, Nikos Dendias, focusing on the immigration issue in Greece. In particular, they presented Malmström with Greece’s revised...
events
World Spelunkers Gather at Perama Cave
One of the greatest events in the field of Speleology, experts in caves, will be hosted in Ioannina from Nov. 4-6 at a meeting of government's representatives of 86 Caves Throughout the World, co-organized by the International Show Caves...
Europe
Greek Archbishop Ieronymos Meets With Russian Patriarch Kirill and President Putin
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos is paying an official visit to Russia on the invitation of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. The Greek Orthodox primate also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday...
Greece
Merkel and Hollande Τurn Down Meeting With Tsipras For Protocol Reasons
State Secretary and spokesperson of the German government Steffen Seibert told reporters today, when asked if Angela Merkel is willing to meet with the left-wing SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, that the German Chancellor only meets with heads of states...
Europe
European Commission President to Meet With Greek PM on Wednesday
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will meet with Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Wednesday in Brussels, as it was announced on Monday by a Commission spokeswoman.
According to the same report, the two leaders spoke on the phone...
Greece
President Papoulias Receives Former French Minister Jack Lang
President of the Greek Republic, Karolos Papoulias, received on Thursday the former French Minister of Culture and Education, Jack Lang, at the Presidential Megaron in Athens.
The two men discussed their ideas for an hour, while they made special reference...
World
PASOK Leader George Papandreou Meets Peres and Netanyahu in Israel
A meeting was held in Israel on Tuesday among PASOK party leader George Papandreou, Israeli President Shimon Peres and the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Papandreou said that during the meeting they discussed the crisis in the Eurozone as well...
Europe
Greek Conservative Leader Antonis Samaras Meets With Vladimir Putin in Moscow
The Thursday meeting between Russian PM Vladimir Putin and New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras lasted for more than an hour, with talks focusing on improving and re-strengthening bilateral relations that had frozen lately due to a halt in...