Emmanuel Macron

Greece is to acquire two French FREMM-type navy frigates in the coming months, Kathimerini understands, with the vessels expected to be inducted into the Hellenic Navy by August, as part of efforts to boost the country's military capabilities amid rising tensions with Turkey.

The leaders of Germany and France meet on Thursday to try to work out a common position on reforming the euro zone, a sensitive issue that is testing the new government in Berlin just a month after it took office, Reuters reports.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs the idea of a European Monetary Fund, provided national governments have sufficient oversight, sources close to her said before a visit by the French president.

Macron told the European parliament on Tuesday that he will "only support an enlargement when there is first a deepening and a reform of our Europe."

Speaking on Wednesday, Mondoloni added that he "respects freedom of the press - but the headlines in Politika and Novosti (dailies) are not correct."

The European Union must open up to accepting new members from the Western Balkans to avoid the return of war in the region, president of the European Commission said on Tuesday, quoted by Anadolu Agency. 

New humanitarian projects in Syria estimated at €50 million  will be funded by the French state through twenty non-governmental organizations, the French presidency said.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on April 17 that divisions between democracy and authoritarianism in Europe were becoming like a "civil war".

France persuaded President Donald Trump to stay in Syria and launch airstrikes as punishment for an alleged chemical-weapons attack, French President Emmanuel Macron said on April 15.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 14 spoke over the phone separately with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing presidential sources.

The Greek armed forces will not participate in any operations in Syria, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told French President Emmanuel Macron in a telephone call on Saturday, government sources have said.