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Meeting with EU Commissioner for Regional Policy
Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, met today with EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Crețu.
The Commissioner congratulated the government because Greece still has the best absorption rates of European funding during the current programming period.
She, also, pointed out th...
“The challenge of our time is to find again this balance as an international community, confronting international ...
Madame President,
Mr Secretary General,
Distinguished Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Three years ago, when I first had the honor of addressing the Plenary of the General Assembly, I had underlined that Greece was at the forefront of three overlapping international cri...
“I am confident that Greece will be the one that deserves to the Greeks, our history and our tradition.”
First of all, I would like to say that the honor is mine, to be introduced to this event by Valia, a member of a generation of Greeks, that many in our country treated them as if they were doomed. Doomed to live worse than their parents. Forced to leave their country, while abandoning...
“The current state of affairs requires a Mandela-kind of leadership”
I come from a country far away from Nelson Mandela’s.
Nevertheless, a civilization that inspired the democratic ideals that he fought for and was ready to risk his life for.
But in the century that passed, it was Nelson Mandela who inspired these democratic ideals and kept them ...
Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar
Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, met today with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.
During their meeting, the Prime Minister warmly thanked the Sheikh for the financial support of his country in order to help the ...
“We need a new social contract for social cohesion and the prosperity of our peoples”
Mr. President of the European Parliament,
Honourable Members of the European Parliament,
Dear friends,
Thank you very much for the honour of being invited to share my thoughts and my concerns about the future of Europe and to discuss them with you.
It is important and symb...
We need to work for the Europe of solidarity, a Europe of its peoples
I believe that today we had a lively and constructive debate. I think everyone understands that Europe is at a crucial crossroads and the debate about its future was rather interesting. And it was interesting because Greece is a “case study” for Europe, since after eight consecutive y...
Meeting with U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross.
During their meeting, they focused on the extremely important prospects of the bilateral economic relations after Greece's exit from the fiscal adjustment programs and how they are marked by the dynam...
Meeting with the head of the Global Fire Monitoring Center
The Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, met today Professor Dr. Johann Georg Goldammer, head of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC).
During their meeting, which lasted about one and a half hours, it was agreed to establish a Committee to investigate the underlying causes of the tr...
Telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who expressed Turkey's support for the Greek people during these difficult times and he expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the deva...
