Greece
EU membership requires respect for EU values, President Pavlopoulos warns from Sofia
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday warned both Turkey and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) that membership of the European Union demanded respect for European values and principles, in statements after meeting Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev in Sofia, where he is on an official visit.
key must respect commitments towards EU, says FM Kotzias
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/ M. Aroni) –Turkey needs to meet the commitments it has undertaken towards the EU by respecting European law and European procedures, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Monday, during the EU-Turkey Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels which opened negotiations on Chapter 17 in the country’s accession talks.
Bill on civil partnerships for same-sex couples will explicitly forbid adoption, says minister
The draft bill opening up civil partnerships to same-sex couples will clearly state that it forbids adoption of children, Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos said on Monday, closing the first day of the discussion on the bill in a parliamentary committee, adding that, if need be, the ministry will include amendments to clarify the issue.
Greek experts analyze Eastern Mediterranean developments for Daily News Egypt
By Ahmed Abbas A second trilateral meeting between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus was held last Wednesday in Athens, and a joint collaboration between the three countries is being shaped. The gas explorations in the eastern Mediterranean have resulted in crucial discoveries for the three states, especially Egypt, as it is in dire need of an […]
Refugee crisis not an issue for petty party squabbling, PM says in ‘Ethnos’
Greece was striving to demonstrate and preserve the European values of solidarity and humanity in its management of the refugee crisis, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in statements published by the newspaper “Ethnos” on Sunday, while stressing that this was not an issue that lent itself to petty party squabbling.
ESM chief Regling reports ‘convergence’ with IMF on Greek debt in ‘To Vima’ interview
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) chief Klaus Regling revealed that Greece’s European creditors and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were getting closer on the issue of restructuring Greece’s debt, in an interview with the Greek newspaper ‘To Vima’ published on Sunday.
Migration minister: All gov’ts have faced difficulty convincing Turkey to readmit migrants
Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas rejected on Friday criticism the government has not done enough to pressure Turkey to implement the Readmission Agreement, saying consecutive governments faced the same difficulties convincing the neighboring country to take action.
Tsipras: The country will not become a ‘warehouse of souls’
The prime minister Alexis Tsipras condemned the phobic climate cultivated by extreme circles in Europe when at the same time Greece tries, with humanism and solidarity, to deal with the issue. He also noted that the EU Interior Ministers Summit gave an answer to those extreme circles. On the identification centres, he said that the […]
Tsipras: Greece’s debt relief procedure is on track
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday addressing the Greek parliament at the “Hour of the Prime Minister” referred to the first messages proving that the procedure for a debt haircut has started.
‘We do not want to weaken Greece, we want to strengthen it,’ Roth says
“Germany has a central role, but not an hegemonic role in Europe,” German Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Michael Roth said in an interview with ANA-MPA.