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Greek Foreign Minister concluded visit to Tirana

08/06/201609/06/2016 ENstaff Albania, Ditmir Bushati, Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on June 6 and 7 visited Albania and met with his counterpart, Minister Ditmir Bushati.

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Kotzias: Greece and Bulgaria anchor of stability and security for SE Europe

31/05/2016 ENstaff Borisov, Bulgaria, Greece, Kotzias, SEECP

Kotzias – Borisov discussed the need for us to organize additional informal meetings between the leaderships of the two countries, so that we can talk about issues of wider and regional interest.

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Greek – Russian talks focus on economy, entepreunership, tourism

28/05/201630/05/2016 ENstaff Alexis Tsipras, economy, Greece, Russia, tourism, trade, Vladimir Putin

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President of Vladimir Putin signed a joint Declaration of the Government of Russia and the Government of Greece.

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Vladimir Putin to visit Greece on May 27–28

27/05/201626/05/2016 ENstaff Alexis Tsipras, Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

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Greek – Cypriot Foreign Ministers meet, discuss foreign policy

26/05/2016 ENstaff Cyprus, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Ministry, Greece, Kasoulides, Kotzias

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides, in joint statements following the meeting of the National Council on Foreign Policy referred to foreign policy issues.

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Eurogroup unlocks further financial assistance to Greece

25/05/2016 ENstaff EU, Eurgroup, Greece, greek economy, IMF

The staff-level agreement between Greece and the institutions contains a package of reforms to be implemented by Greece, and an additional contingency mechanism.

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World leaders stress collective moral obligation to end suffering

24/05/201625/05/2016 ENstaff Turkey, United Nations, WHS, World Humanitarian Summit

The World Humanitarian Summit closed its doors in Istanbul. The two-day event brought together 55 heads of state and government and other officials from 173 countries.

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Meeting of the Greece-Republic of Korea Joint Interministerial Committee

23/05/2016 ENstaff Greece, Qatar, Republic of Korea

The meeting was an important step in strengthening the bilateral economic and trade relations between Greece and the Republic of Korea.

foreign affairs

Greek FM N. Kotzias met with the Foreign Minister of Turkey

20/05/201619/05/2016 ENstaff Greece, Mevlut Çavuşoğlu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, Turkey

Nikos Kotzias met with Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, within the framework of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels.

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FM Kotzias expresses his condolences to French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault

20/05/2016 ENstaff Egypt, Egypt Airlines, France, Greece, Nikos Kotzias

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, spoke with his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayraulton, on the sidelines of the NATO Ministers in Brussels,

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Ambassador of Norway:”The challenge for the Greek economy is its competitive edge and its business climate” [interview]

07/06/2016 ENstaff

The Ambassador of Norway in Athens, His Excellency Jørn Eugene Gjelstad, spoke to EmbassyNews.net and commented on the current developments in Greek and European politics, the economy and the refugee crisis.