Venezuela

A government plane from the South American nation of Venezuela landed in Athens on Saturday, March 2 at 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) and reportedly stayed there for approximately four hours. This odd occurrence was revealed by Greece's SKAI TV...

The Greek government refused to follow the lead of all major European countries, and most of the Western world, on Monday in declining to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela. Germany, France, the UK, Spain and...

The European Parliament voted on Thursday in favor of a resolution recognizing Venezuela's Juan Guaidó as the country's new interim president, until "free, transparent and credible" elections are held. The resolution was brought for discussion in the Strasbourg parliament by...

Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido expressed his concern on Monday about the Greek government's stance regarding the dire political situation in his country. Speaking with Greece's SKAI TV, Guaido said that he is concerned about Greece's hesitation to condemn the current...

The Greek Consul in Venezuela, Angelos Charitos, was found dead in a hotel room in the capital city of Caracas on Wednesday morning, according to local media. The body of the 55-year-old Greek diplomat was discovered at the Altamira Suites...

Only crisis-hit Venezuela was ahead of Greece in terms of losing money in the ten years prior to 2017, new research claims. According to New World Wealth analysts' report, Greece came second on a list of countries which had the...

Greek diplomats denied a Financial Times report, according to which Athens blocked the imposition of EU sanctions to Venezuela. According to Kathimerini news daily, diplomats dismissed the report as “misinformed”. The same sources insisted that sanctions “were never proposed” during a...

The Greek government has refused to back a European Union plan to impose sanctions on Venezuela after the disputed election results on Sunday. The EU and its 28 member states have refused to recognise Venezuela’s new constituent assembly, saying its...

Opposition New Democracy asked Alexis Tsipras to explain his contact with the government of Venezuela, following press reports that in 2013 he asked the Maduro regime for help to support a possible Grexit. According to a report in Eleftheros Typos...

Main opposition New Democracy MPs, led by the party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday demanded to know why Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Minister Nikos Pappas had taken a trip to Venezuela in 2013 with a lawyer specializing in...