Karolos Papoulias News

Macedonia's President Georgi Ivanov, Thursday met briefly with the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, local media report.

President of Republic Karolos Papoulias received on Tuesday the newly-elected main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras at the Presidential Mansion.

Prime Minister George Papandreou's address at the EU Summit on the state of the Greek economy and the government's intended measures, foreign officials' statements and premier's call on President of Republic Karolos Papoulias to convene on Tuesday the Political Leaders' Council on the problem of corruption, and the start of the National Social ...

Greece has announced that its debt stands at a record €300 billion during an all-party crisis meeting to calm alarm on financial markets.

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras said it was A'a givenA' that his party would back current Greek President Karolos Papoulias for a second term in office rather than oppose his re-election and force early general elections.

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias arrived here on Tuesday evening and will begin a four-day official visit to the Czech Republic on Wednesday, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis and a group of Greek businessmen.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias, on a visit to the Czech Republic, was the first head of Greece to visit Brno and meet the local Greeks Friday, which the Brno Greeks highly appreciate, Anna Sideridu said on their behalf.

Police and protesters have clashed in Athens as the city marked the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy which led to Greece's worst unrest in decades.

President Karolos Papoulias, in a message on Friday referring to 15-year-old pupil Alexis Grigoropoulos' killing by a police officer on December 6, 2008, during an incident in the Exarhia district of Athens, said that "Alexis Grigoropoulos' murder was not only a heinous act.

Large-scale demonstrations are feared for Sunday in Athens on the first anniversary of a deadly shooting that sparked serious riots and violence.

More than 6,000 police officers will be deployed in Athens this weekend in an attempt to quell violence that might be associated with the first anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy.

"President on relations with Turkey PRAGUE - Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Thursday underlined, during his official visit to the Czech Republic, Athens' standing positions vis-a-vis relations with Ankara as well as the thorny 'name issue' involving the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from Prague.

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias said here on Wednesday night that Greece was aiming at a "comprehensive agreement, legally binding" at the upcoming Copenhagen World Conference on Climate Change.

The Czech Republic and Greece support EU enlargement to include other Balkan countries and possibly also Turkey, provided the candidates fulfil all EU conditions, Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias agreed at their meeting Wednesday.

Date : Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:45:57 +0400 'OSCE CO-CHAIRS WORK TIRELESSLY TO SUPPORT ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN,' SAYS OSCE CHAIR-IN-OFFICE Tert.am 16:08 ~U 01.12.09 The dialogue on European security can be meaningful only if it is tied to concrete progress, the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 17th OSCE ...

As representatives from 56 different countries converged in Athens for talks on global security yesterday, Greek interest appeared to be focused more on diplomatic exchanges on the sidelines of the event than on the central proceedings.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias opened a two-day meeting of the ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe .

The dialogue on European security can be meaningful only if it is tied to concrete progress, the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens today.

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov iis due in Athens on Tuesday for a 3-day official visit, at the invitation of his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias.

Visiting Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov on Tuesday emphasised the significance of cooperation between Greece and Bulgaria in the energy sector, during a meeting with President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias in Athens.