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Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Tuesday condemned the killing of three Israeli teenage boys who were abducted earlier this month in the West Bank and whose bodies were found near the town of Halhul, north of Hebron, on Monday.

Taking stock of Greece’s six-month European Union presidency on the day before Italy takes over, Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Monday called it “successful,” noting it had paved the way for the country to finally emerge from a protracted financial crisis.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partner Evangelos Venizelos on Monday met to discuss a series of prior actions that Greece must honor in order to clinch two tranches of rescue loans worth 2 billion euros with talks believed to have focused on controversial plans for the part-privatization of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), which is to be debated in Parliament this week.

Coalition leaders Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos are due to met on Monday at 6 p.m. for talks.
Among the main topics of discussion will be the legislation the government is preparing to spin off part of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), which w... ...

Nicosia on Wednesday issued a terse response to a document submitted by Turkey to European Union officials which is said to have described the Republic of Cyprus as a “defunct” state, calling on Ankara to respect the agreements it has made with the European Commission.

By Chryssa Liaggou

In cooperation with the Greek Embassy in London and the ESCP Europe Business School’s Research Center for Energy Management (RCEM), the government in Athens is preparing a major showcase event in the British capital next week to present the blocks to be conceded for hydrocarbon exploration in the Ionian Sea and south of Crete.

A draft bill aimed at paving the way for the break-up and partial privatization of Greece's national electricity producer, Public Power Corporation (PPC), is due to go to Parliament on Thursday.

Just a day after the new cabinet was sworn in, the first disagreement broke out between Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and newly appointed Education Minister Andreas Loverdos.

Another Golden Dawn deputy was remanded in custody Tuesday on charges of setting up and directing a criminal organization.

Magistrates Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou placed Nikos Kouzilos, who denies the charges, in pretrial detention after more than six hours of questioning on grounds that he may commit new crimes.

Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos has been given the all-clear by doctors to attend the swearing ceremony for the new Greek cabinet on Tuesday afternoon after being admitted to the hospital earlier the same day.