Ukraine
Greece
Greek Foreign Minister to Participate in EU Foreign Affairs Council
Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels on Monday, May 18, to participate in an EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting, according to a Greek Foreign Ministry announcement.
The FAC proceedings will begin with a joint working breakfast of...
Diaspora
Greeks in Ukraine
The first ancient Greek colonies appeared in the area of modern Ukraine in the 6th century, near the Black Sea coast and the Crimean peninsula.
In the region of Mariupol there are 29 Greek villages and approximately 150,000 residents of Greek...
Economy
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Sends New Messages from Moscow
Our government's goal is to remain in the euro zone, since Greece's problem is a European problem and should be resolved within Europe, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a speech at the Institute of International Relations in...
Greece
U.S. Assistant Secretary Nuland: "We want to see prosperity and growth in Greece"
On March 17, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland visited Athens to meet with senior Greek government officials.
Assistant Secretary Nuland noted that the United States wants to see Greece emerge from its economic crisis...
Economy
Obama Discusses Greece in Meeting With European Council President
"We’ll have a chance to discuss the situation in Greece and what more can be done to bolster European growth," said U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of his talks with European Council President Donald Tusk.
President Obama said he believes the...
Europe
Greek NGO Sends Medicine to Greeks in Mariupol
The Federation of Greek Communities in Ukraine received medical supplies for the villages of the wider Mariupol and eastern Ukraine area, on Tuesday, March 3. Many Ukrainian citizens of Greek origin reside in the area and will benefit from...
Greece
Greece 5th Among World's Most 'Miserable' Economies
Inflation is a disease that can wreck a society, Milton Friedman, the late Nobel laureate economist, once said. Add rising unemployment to the diagnosis, and his profession ascribes a rather non-technical term to the debilitating effect on people: misery.
That...
Greek News
Sasha Grey Speaks Out Against Russian Propaganda
Actress and former adult film star Sasha Grey (real name: Marina Ann Hantzis) has been the subject of a huge controversy in Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian Crisis.
As part of a Russian propaganda campaign, a video was uploaded to social...
Europe
Greek Foreign Minister Offers Help to Ukraine
On Thursday, February 19, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias visited Kiev, Ukraine to meet with the country’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. Kotzias expressed his support towards Ukraine’s sovereignty, as well as the need to reinforce talks regarding the ceasefire...
Economy
Athens Exchange Up 5% Despite Lack of Eurogroup Agreement
The lack of agreement between Greece and its European partners in yesterday's Eurogroup did not affect the opening of the Athens Stock Exchange.
The General Index was green from the beginning, with profits gradually multiplying. At 1:49 p.m., the index...


