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Greece expressed its support for the European Commission’s announcement of Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem, though Turkey was less enamoured by the decision. Greece’...

Cyprus’ leaders “must be encouraged” to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Greek foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Monday. Writing in newspaper Politis, he said a “sustainable ...

A ceremonial meeting took place at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Wednesday, as Cyprus welcomed the Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas, marking his first official trip abroad since assuming office. ...

President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Tasoulas starts a three-day official visit to Cyprus on Wednesday, at the invitation of President Nikos Christodoulides, his first visit abroad since he assumed ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project was absent from announcements and discussions in Greece following a meeting of the country’s National Security Council (Kysea) on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, ...

Athens is getting cold feet in relation to a planned subsea electricity cable linking Greece to Cyprus, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. Turkish daily Milliyet, which led with a story ...

An explosion occurred outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greek police said on Friday, adding there were no immediate reports of injuries. Police cordoned off the area after ...

The Cyprus issue is “in full swing” at the moment and it appears to be the top non-war priority of the United Nations, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has said. ...

An air traffic control strike in Greece has affected 31 flights to and from Cyprus’ airports to and from those in Athens and Salonica, Hermes Airports said on Wednesday. Due to ...

Greece’s permanent representative to the United Nations Evangelos Sekeris on Tuesday praised the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unfcyp)’s “invaluable contribution to maintaining peace and security” on the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed pride and joy in participating in celebrations for Greece’s national holiday on March 25, 1821, alongside government officials and the wider Greek Cypriot community.Speaking at the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday stressed the importance of “what was avoided” at the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which took place in Geneva earlier in the week. In ...

Greek opposition figures on Monday reacted with fury after the country’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed as his Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos, who had previously referred to northern ...

The Cypriot, Greek and Israeli foreign ministers touched on trade and electrical interconnectivity between their states, and positioned themselves regarding the US, Gaza, Syria, and the Middle East during their ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday welcomed Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou to Nicosia, with the pair engaging in a discussion on “the latest developments in political issues”. Chatzivasileiou ...

Greece reaffirmed on Monday its commitment to building a subsea electric cable planned to link continental Europe to the East Mediterranean, following reports that the project was halted over financial ...

The United Kingdom’s Deputy Minister for Europe, Stephen Doughty, will meet with the two leaders in Cyprus on Friday, the Cyprus News Agency said on Wednesday. His schedule for ...

Clashes broke out in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Greece to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest-ever train crash, ...

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis on Sunday assured that the electricity interconnection project between Greece and Cyprus will continue as planned. In an interview with “Kathimerini”, he said that the ...

The right to self-determination is the right of peoples to a state and the right of territorial integrity is the right of a state to its territory. Both are accepted ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara. The meeting was the latest ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday congratulated Constantine Tassoulas on his election as president of Greece. “I express my warmest congratulations to Constantine Tassoulas on his election to the highest office,” ...

By Dee Ninis Greece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple times a day and sometimes only ...

The chance of a major earthquake hitting in the Aegean sea at present is “remote”, professor Emmanuel Scordilis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said on Saturday. Speaking to the ...