Olaf Scholz

Greece and Turkey are making new efforts to bridge their differences after a meeting of high-ranking officials in Berlin. 

During his visit to Athens on Thursday, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Turkey—without naming it—for questioning Greece’s sovereignty over its Aegean islands. “It is not acceptable for a NATO ally to question another one’s sovereignty,” he said during a joint...

On Wednesday, Germany condemned the violation of Greece's air space and overflights by Turkey's military aircraft above Greek islands. Following Tuesday's meeting between chancellor Olaf Scholz and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the deputy spokesperson of the German federal government Wolfgang Büchner...

Germany will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 stinger missiles to Ukraine, the German chancellor said on Saturday in a major policy shift by Berlin. Olaf Scholz said the Russian invasion marked a “turning point”, and added: “It is our...

Olaf Scholz was confirmed as the new chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, leading a three-party government that takes over from Angela Merkel after her 16 years in office. Scholz was voted in by the German parliament, where his coalition has...

Greece anticipates the plans of the new German government, after the three parties announced their agreement on a governing coalition

German minister of Finance Olaf Scholz warned Athens to honor the commitments it undertook to exit the bailout era and stressed that the country's agreements with its partners and creditors have to be respected. In an exclusive interview with Greek...

Any debt-relief measures for Greece will be discussed only after Athens presents a credible program that focuses on growth, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said. The German finance minister, interviewed in Sunday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said Berlin's position -- and...

There was a reported "positive atmosphere" in Berlin on Friday as Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met recently installed German counterpart Olaf Scholz. Germany's finance ministry took to social media to describe the meeting as: "Good talks toward a new...

Germany’s finance minister Olaf Scholz expressed optimism that Greece will complete the necessary reforms which will open the road to debt relief. In his first major interview since assuming office, the center-left finance minister vowed to remain in dialogue with...