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The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will head to Cairo on Friday afternoon in order to attend a trilateral summit with Egypt and...

The government Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos announced that the Greek Navy would...

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt issued a joint communiqué, after meeting in New York, revering an...

A tribute concert for famed Cypriot composer Marios Tokas will take place at the Herodion on Friday the 3rd of October, where...

According to a report in the Jerusalem Post (which has been reprinted in the Simerini), an Israeli NGO has referred Turkey to the...

On Tuesday morning the sirens in the free areas of Cyprus sounded, bringing back memories of the traitorous coup from the...

A 34-year-old Albanian man surrendered himself to the police’s counter-terrorism unit on Tuesday morning, after a European warrant for his arrest had been ...

The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State Victoria Nuland is expected in Athens n Sunday, where she is rumored to meet with the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos. Mrs. Nuland recently discussed a series of bilateral matters with […]

The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE), which is assisting in the ongoing investigation of Golden Dawn that was prompted after the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in September, has announced the discovery of two off shores, which appear to belong to a Golden Dawn executive. The two off shores appear to belong to a former […]

Turkish daily newspaper Milliyet has claimed that there is significant difference of opinion on the Cypriot issue between the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos. The newspaper specifically locates the problem in the upcoming meeting between the general secretary of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mitsialis and the […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement in response to the 30th anniversary of the Turkish pseudo-state that was set up in the north of Cyprus. The Ministry makes it clear that Greece will never accept the Turkish invasion and occupation as an “accomplished fact”. According to the Ministry’s announcement “the illegal pseudo-state […]

The Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis has complained to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras about Greek defense industry ELVO delaying the delivery of military vehicles for the Cypriot National Guard. According to Cypriot media, the troubled defense company has failed to deliver 362 vehicles worth 37.4 million euros within the agreed upon delivery dates and will […]

The President of European Parliament Martin Schulz gave an interview to Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica, where he professed that “it is not enough to apologize” and that responsibilities must be assumed for the austerity programs implemented in Greece, Spain, Ireland and Cyprus. The German politician explain that, at the time, austerity had been presented […]

According to the latest data published by European statistics authority Eurostat, the public debt of Greece during the first semester of 2013 was estimated to be 160.5% of GDP and rose to 169.1% in the second semester of the year. Greece has the highest debt rate in the EU, followed by Italy (133.3%), Portugal (131.3%) […]

The President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis visited Athens today and met with his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The main purpose of the trip is to discuss recommencing the discussions on the Cypriot matter and results of recent trips to the USA and Israel. As expected, the Cypriot matter dominated Mr. […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and former US President Bill Clinton were guest speakers at the Hellenic Initiative’s Inaugural Banquet in New York on Thursday, which this year was focused on “Investing in the Future of Greece”. Mr. Samaras explained that Greece’s main issues were the financial and political stabilization, which has contributed towards becoming […]

According to a study by the Gallup Institute for the “Debating Europe” platform, 51% of Europeans believe that the austerity policies implemented to combat the crisis have failed, while 5% believes the opposite and 34% believes that more time is needed for the policies to succeed. As expected, the highest rates of discontent regarding the […]

The government Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos was on an official visit to the USA, where he was scheduled to meet with high ranking officials. Mr. Venizelos repeated that government’s top priority in its upcoming EU presidency is to establish maritime zones. The Vice President will further discuss this critical matter […]

The government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos will depart today for Egypt, where he is set to meet with senior members of the new government, following the overthrow of the Morsi cabinet and the serious clashes between security forces and protesters. Mr. Venizelos is amongst the first European top officers to visit Egypt in recent times, […]

Former Cypriot Minister of the Interior Dinos Mihailidis and his son Michalis Mihailidis will face the Greek justice system, as the District Court of Limassol in Cyprus has ruled in favor of their extradition to Greece. The two men have been summoned by the Greek courts in connection to the ongoing investigation and trial of […]