Those who believe that if someone who would want to radically change the foreign policy of a country such as the United States, which is very difficult, and often although some of us in here who may fear that this may happen, what we should be doing is build bridges, not walls.

Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.

Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup.

Greece and the Greek people have recently had to deal with the harshest consequences of the global and European economic crisis. As an economy and as a society, we have had to experience a program of disastrous austerity which made the problems more acute instead of resolving them.

Greece is not the country which has occupied and illegally invaded and illegally occupied Cyprus.

I think that the best guarantee for the Cypriot people to feel safe is the potential of a fair and sustainable solution.

I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of our region. But I still stress that the promotion of this important relations can only take place on the basis of mutual respect without threats of war and questioning of sovereign rights.