Plan set for green ministry
(eKathimerini) May 10, 2008
Greece has announced plans to set up a separate Environment Ministry in about 18 months as the conservative government comes under growing pressure over its environmental policies....

Turkish and Greek foreign ministers meet, satisfied with progress in ties
(Journal of Turkish Weekly) May 08, 2008
Turkish and Greek foreign ministers are satisfied with the progress of the ties betwene the two countries, diplomatic sources reported....

Political potshots blasted over OTE
(eKathimerini) May 08, 2008
As talks between Greece and Deutsche Telekom on the sale of a stake in OTE telecom draw to a close...

FM Milososki in Washington: Greece doesn't want solution
(MINA) May 07, 2008
Besides signing a declaration on strategic partnership between FYROM and USA, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will also refer to the name dispute with Greece,...

PASOK criticises PM's speech on environment
May 07, 2008
Main opposition PASOK party on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' speech regarding the environment, made at a conference on climate change and energy security a day earlier....

EU, U.N. officials welcome Greek pledge on Kyoto Protocol
(IHT) May 06, 2008
EU and U.N. environment officials on Tuesday welcomed a pledge by Greece to meet its emissions targets...

Athens irked by FYROM name games
(eKathimerini) May 03, 2008
Athens has been angered by an assertion by the prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), according to which any settlement on the Macedonia name dispute will have to be put to a referendum before being approved,...

FYROM 'Won't Retaliate' Against Greece
(BalkanInsight.com) May 01, 2008
Generating anti-Greek sentiment and taking retaliatory steps against Greek businesses are not in Skopje’s interest, Macedonia’s President says....

Nimetz prepares ground for solution
(eKathimerini) May 01, 2008
United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz has begun a new round of talks with representatives of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece as he seeks to prepare the ground for another bid at solving the name dispute between the two countr...

PASOK official on party's initiatives
May 01, 2008
Main opposition PASOK party National Council Secretary Yiannis Ragoussis held two-hour talks with party leader George Papandreou and his Political Bureau director Nikos Athanasakis on Wednesday,...

Greece bans financial transfers from, and to FYROM
(MINA) May 01, 2008
Greece has banned the transfer of money from, and to FYROM. Blocked are all funds from Western Union and the Greek National Bank....

Most Greeks against cooperation between ND-PASOK parties, poll shows
Apr 30, 2008
The great majority of Greeks are against the possibility of a coalition government being formed between the New Democracy and PASOK parties, in the event that no party wins an absolute majority in the next elections,...

Greece Signs On to South Stream
(Moscow Times) Apr 30, 2008
Greece on Tuesday signed a deal to join Gazprom's South Stream gas pipeline in a move that Russian and Greek leaders said would strengthen energy security in Europe....

Greece, Russia sign deal on South Stream natural gas pipeline
(Guardian) Apr 29, 2008
Greece and Russia on Tuesday signed a deal on Greece's participation in a gas pipeline project that will help strengthen Russia's grip on energy exports to Europe....

Greece counts on Russian support for name dispute
(Makfax) Apr 29, 2008
Greece counts on Russian support for Athens' position on name differences with FYROM, Greek PM Costas Karamanlis told RIA Novosti news agency shortly before his trip to Moscow....