Karolos Papoulias News

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.

Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras is to meet his eurozone counterparts in Brussels today for a Eurogroup summit expected to give the green light for the release of a 4.2-billion-euro loan tranche for the first quarter, and possibly an additional 3.3-billion euro instalment for the second quarter, while officials are also expected to approve the ... (more)

A government reshuffle is absolutely necessary and must be carried out without delay.

In a public message marking the 46th anniversary of the overthrow of GreeceA's democratically-elected government by a military junta, President Karolos Papoulias warned Greeks not to take democracy for granted.