Prokopis Pavlopoulos

European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici is due in Athens on Wednesday where he will meet with government ministers and the prime minister.

Moscovici will first see President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and then meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at Maximos Mansion between 14:45 and 15:30. Their meeting will be followed by brief statements to the press.

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos lavished praised on the Pastra Cretonaxiosa swimming team for its charity work in support of children as an example to society.

Pavlopoulos, who received members of the team at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Wednesday, lauded the group's work as "valuable" at a time when "solidarity is missing from the world."

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos was presented on Thursday with the annual report of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA).

The report for 2017 was the last written up under European Union legislation on data protection introduced in 1995. New Europe-wide legislation known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in Greece in May this year.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to embark on a two-day visit to Athens on January 10.

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has reiterated his opposition to the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), calling on President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to summon the Political Leaders' Council and scrap it if the deal does not safeguard Greece from its northern neighbor's irredentism.

No additional austerity measures should be imposed on Greece, former French president Francois Hollande told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency during a visit to Athens on Thursday.

Francois Hollande (r), the former President of France, poses for a picture next to a refugee, during his visit at the refugee camp of Elaionas in Athens, Thursday. Others are not identified. Hollande called on Turkey to honor a deal with the European Union to curb human smuggling and said he believed "no further austerity measures" should be imposed on Greece.

Four days after winning the ATP Next Gen final in Milan, Greece's young tennis sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas was on Wednesday received by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Mansion in Athens.

Greece wants to live peacefully with Turkey but will not "relinquish an inch" of its territorial rights, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Friday during a speech in Thessaloniki.

Tensions between the two countries flared up after former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias said last week that the country was planning to extend its western territorial waters soon.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella will reportedly formally apologize on behalf of his country for the unprovoked declaration of war to Greece, on 28 October 1940, during his one-day visit to the country on Sunday.