Karolos Papoulias News

Aleksandar Vueiae has informed a NATO official "about the previously defined stances on the need for KFOR's further engagement in Kosovo and Metohija."

Lithuania was the last EU member state that did not ratify the SAA, and after today's ratification, the agreement will automatically come into force.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday urged the government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to drop its intransigence over an ongoing name dispute with Greece that has blocked the Balkan state's European Union and NATO ambitions.

WAM ATHENS, June 12th, 2013 -- Visiting UAE Foreign Minister, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met last night with the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, and discussed with him ways of enhancing relations of cooperation and friendship for promoting bilateral economic and trade exchange and encouraging investment and advanced industrial ... (more)

Greek President Karolos Papoulias expressed his inability to intervene with regard to the closure of public broadcaster ERT in a meeting with SYRIZA head Alexis Tsipras.

Journalists from ERT, the public broadcaster that the government unexpectedly shut down on Tuesday, continued to put programs on air on Wednesday via digital frequencies and the Internet in a show of defiance against the decision.

The prime minister of Luxembourg and former president of the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, on a two-day trip to Athens, is due on Tuesday morning to visit Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the Maximos Mansion before heading for a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill visited the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday as he continued his seven-day visit to Greece.

Alpha Bank confirmed on Monday the successful completion of its share capital increase, while the governor of GreeceA's central bank hailed the progress in the recapitalization process for the countryA's three biggest banks seen paving the way to a Greek economic rebound.

The Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow Kirill, who is travelling to the monastic community of Mount Athos, was to meet with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and President Karolos Papoulias in Athens on Monday.

Under pressure by the troika to cut spending and boost transparency, Administrative Development Minister Antonis Manitakis yesterday submitted to Parliament data regarding state cards given to politicians and other high-ranking state officials.

A delegation of technocrats of the troika of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will arrive in Athens on June 4 to assess Greece's progress, reports said Tuesday.