Greece
NATO entry impossible without solving FYROM name issue, Zaev says
SKOPJE (ANA/ N. Frangopoulos) There can be no invitation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to join NATO as a full member unless the name dispute with neighbouring Greece is first resolved, the country’s prime minister Zoran Zaev told the MIA news agency on Sunday.
Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria stresses importance of Greek economy’s resurrection
The Greek people and Greece deserve their own resurrection after all these years of torment due to the economic crisis, the Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA). He referred to the “strong cooperation” of love and friendship of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus and their leaders, commenting […]
Two more million tourists will visit Greece this year, says Tourism Min Kountoura
At least two million more Source: ANA-MPAs will visit Greece this year in comparison with 2017, stated Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Friday adding that the exceptional upward course in the last three years will continue in 2018 with the trend to be even more upward this year.
Greek economy showing “encouraging signs” (DBRS report)
Greece’s economic and financial adjustment process has been lengthy and arduous but encouraging signs are visible, DBRS Ratings Limited said in a report released on Tuesday, called “Greece’s Reforms, Continued Progress”.
Messolonghi teaches the constant duty to defend the country at all costs, Pavlopoulos says
The “explosion of freedom” that occurred in besieged Messolonghi is a light that still shines to this day, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Sunday, attending events commemorating the 192nd anniversary since the ‘Exodus of the Guard’ or ‘Sortie’ of Messolonghi.
PM Alexis Tsipras: ‘A clean and final exit from the memorandums in the summer’
Now is the time to plan firm foundations that will take Greece forward into the future, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said late on Saturday, during the closing address of the 12 Conference for the Reconstruction of Production in Eastern Attica.
Mitsotakis at Messolonghi: Greece striving to make its own exodus of national pride’
“Now, more than ever before, Greece seems like a besieged city, a country that striving to make its own exodus, an exodus to a new age of national pride, national self-confidence and national prosperity,” main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, while attending events to mark the 192nd anniversary of the ‘Exodus […]
ESM approves 6.7 bln euro loan for Greece, disbursement of 5.7 bln
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) board on Tuesday approved a 6.7-billion-euro loan tranche for Greece, the fourth tranche of ESM financial assistance to Greece. In addition, it approved the disbursement of the first sub-tranche of 5.7 billion euros.
President Pavlopoulos: Greece and EU have the will and power to defend their borders
The Lausanne Treaty that designates the borders, the territory and Greece and European Union’s sovereignty can’t be revised or updated and is totally clear without leaving any trace of ‘grey zones’, stated President of Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Saturday in his message for the Greece’s Independence Day celebrated on March 25.
Kotzias, Dimitrov say name talks are moving forward
Greece believes in an “honourable compromise” from which both sides will win, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said during a joint press conference with his FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov in Skopje on Friday.