Greek Foreign Minister’s message on Europe Day

Greek Foreign Minister’s message on Europe Day

10/05/201611/05/2016 ENstaff Europe Day, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias

“The European Union needs to show, in practice, that it thinks strategically and has a democratic, social and political vision”, said Nikos Kotzias.

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Greek-Turkish relations on the focus of the National Council on Foreign Policy

27/04/201627/04/2016 ENstaff foreign policy, Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, Turkey

The National Council on Foreign Policy on Tuesday convened, under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. The meeting focused on the course of Greek-Turkish relations.

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FM Nikos Kotzias: The EU must meet its commitments on the refugee issue

19/04/2016 ENstaff EU Foreign Affairs Council, Foreign Affaris, Nikos Kotzias, refugee crisis

“A number of commitments the European Union has made – such as the relocation of 160,000 refugees – have not been met”, said Minister Kotzias during the EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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Foreign Minister Kotzias to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council

18/04/201618/04/2016 ENstaff EU, EU Foreign Affairs Council, Matthew Nimetz, Nikos Kotzias

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is currently in Luxemburg to attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Yesterday he met with UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy, Matthew Nimetz.

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Slovak Foreign Minister M. Lajčák visited Athens

07/04/201607/04/2016 ENstaff Greece, Miroslav Lajčák, Nikos Kotzias, Slovakia

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Wednesday received the Foreign Minister of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčák, at the Foreign Ministry.

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Foreign Minister Kotzias met with Ambassador of Iraq

04/04/201605/04/2016 ENstaff Embassy of Iraq, Gazi Zebari, Ministry of Foreign Affaris, Nikos Kotzias

Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias received all Ambassadors and Heads of Mission of Arab countries at the Ministry’s headquarters.

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Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers held talks on the refugee crisis

05/03/201605/03/2016 ENstaff Cyprus, EU-Turkey Summit, Greece, Mevlut Çavuşoğlu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, refugee crisis, Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu visited Athens, ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels and the High-Level Cooperation Council between Greece and Turkey.

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FM Nikos Kotzias expresses concern on the meeting in Vienna

23/02/201623/02/2016 ENstaff Austria, Embassy of Austria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, refugeecrisis

Minister Kotzias expressed his concern regarding the decision of the Ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs of Austria and the Western Balkan countries to hold a meeting on the refugee crisis.

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FM Nikos Kotzias met with the Foreign Ministers of Lebanon and Cyprus

15/02/2016 ENstaff Cyprus, Gebran Bassil, Ioannis Kasoulides, Lebanon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias

Discussions focused on issues of regional and international interest, while special emphasis was put on the refugee crisis.

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FM Nikos Kotzias to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council

12/02/2016 ENstaff EU Foreign Affairs Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Brussels on Monday, February 15th to attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.

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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.