Greece's Foreign Ministry

A source from Greece's Foreign Ministry has condemned the "unprecedented attack" by members of the anti-establishment group Rouvikonas who on Sunday threw red paint at the facade of the building in central Athens and flyers on the streets, saying it aimed at "undermining the country's independent foreign policy."

Athens on Wednesday hit back at the European enlargement commissioner for saying a solution to the "Macedonia" name talks is within reach, noting that the decision was not one for Brussels to make.

Greece's Foreign Ministry on Sunday reacted to Ankara's warning that a decision to grant asylum to a Turkish soldier by the Greek asylum service committee would have negative impact on bilateral relations.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (l) welcomes Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios (r) at the 2nd International Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East, in Athens, Monday. Organized by Greece's Foreign Ministry, the two-day forum, first held in 2015, aims to promote ties between the region's different religious and cultural groups.

Greece's Foreign Ministry hit out Monday at the United Nations special envoy for the Cyprus issue, Espen Barth Eide, after taking umbrage at comments by the Norwegian which suggested that Nicosia and Athens had not accepted a proposal by Turkey that would have led to the gradual withdrawal of troops from the island.

Greece's Foreign Ministry has condemned Thursday's terror attack in Paris, expressing solidarity with the French people.

"We strongly condemn terrorism and stand at the side of the French people. Democracy cannot be intimidated," the ministry said in a message posted on Twitter on Friday.

Greece's Foreign Ministry on Thursday reacted to a statement by its Turkish counterpart that criticized Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos's remarks regarding the issue of the demilitarization of the Dodecanese islands.

"Knowing international law means, above all, respecting it and not violating it," the ministry said in a statement Thursday.

A diplomatic spat has erupted between Athens and Tirana over a decision by local authorities in the Albanian town of Himara to demolish the homes of 19 ethnic Greek families in the predominantly ethnic Greek seaside holiday resort.

Greece's Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn of siding with Albania over the issue of the exiled Cham community, after Hahn mentioned the issue as a live one between the two countries.