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Ukrainian News Agency to Hold Greek Catholic Church News Conference

On September 13th the press centre of Ukrainian News agency is hosting a news conference by the major archbishop ofthe  Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church appealed to the Ukrainian president to disallow exasperation of inter-confession enmity. The meeting of the primate of Ukrainian Greek Catholics will be devoted to [...]

Foreign Minister Droutsas Calls on Turkey to Withdraw Troops from Northern Cyprus

Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas yesterday appealed to Turkey to withdraw thousands of its troops from the Turkish occupied northern region of Cyprus during his first visit to the divided island in his new post. Describing the Cyprus problem as: “Greece’s top foreign policy priority,” Droutsas called on Turkey: “to make the necessary moves that turn words [...]

New Crossing Point for Greece and Bulgaria Is Inaugurating Today

On September 9, Bulgaria and Greece will open a new crossing point on their joint border, thus celebrating the 130th year since the establishing of formal diplomatic relations. The new Ivaylovgrad-Kyprinos border crossing close to Bulgaria’s Kardzhali and Greece’s Alexandroupolis will be inaugurated by the Presidents of Bulgaria and Greece, Georgi Parvanov and Karolos Papoulias, [...]

South Stream Pipeline Construction Begins in Serbia

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Russian Ambassador Alexander Konuzin officially opened the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline in the south-eastern Serbian town of Nis on Tuesday, reported the Serbian news agency Tanjug. The two attended the groundbreaking of a 120-kilometer section of pipeline from the Serbian town of Nis to Vranje. This [...]

EU, IMF Set to Approve The Second Tranche of Aid to Greece

The European Union and the International Monetary Fund are expected to give the green light on Tuesday and Friday respectively for the release of the second tranche of financial aid to Greece to help the country overcome an acute debt crisis. But Greek media reported on Monday that the EU and the IMF will also [...]

German Experts Comment on Greek Debt Crisis

Greece austerity measures cannot prevent default and will lead to a breakdown of political order if continued for long, a leading German economist has warned. ‘This tragedy does not have a solution,’ said Hans-Werner Sinn, head of the prestigious IFO Institute in Munich. ‘The policy of forced ‘internal devaluation’, deflation, and depression could risk driving [...]