Ernst Reichel

The "Flame of Hope" was lit on Wednesday and presented to officials and athletes of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 in two separate special events, one at Zappeion Hall and another in the grounds of the German School of Athens.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with the German Ambassador to Greece Ernst Reichel on Wednesday, with the two men discussing both bilateral issues as well as wider international developments including the Western Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.

German Ambassador to Athens Ernst Reichel has welcomed the relaunch of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey, describing it as a "success of diplomacy" for Greece, Germany and the European Union.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday met with Germany's Ambassador to Greece, Ernst Reichel.

Talks focused on bilateral and regional issues, the Foreign Ministry tweeted.

No more information was immediately available.

Germany's Ambassador to Greece, Ernst Reichel, expressed his sadness over the death of two Greek nationals in the German city of Trier, after a German man ploughed a speeding car into a pedestrian zone on Tuesday.

Forty-seven unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors were relocated from Greece to Germany Saturday.

Germany's interior minister, Horst Seehofer, said the evacuation was "the result of months of preparation and intense talks with our European partners" and expressed hope that other countries would also begin taking in refugee children soon.

Germany's rejection of a Eurobond for bankrolling the fight against the spreading coronavirus pandemic is "not at all categorical," the country's ambassador to Athens, Ernst Reichel, told Kathimerini in a written interview, leaving some hope of consensus in the future.

In an interview with Kathimerini, Germany's Ambassador to Greece Ernst Reichel has indicated that the prospect of a Eurobond being issued to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is still open despite the failure of European Union leaders to reach an agreement on the subject at a summit last week.

Greece expects to receive confirmation of interest in investments from German companies and  the German government with the announcement of business deals at Monday's Greek-German Business Forum in Berlin, where Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are keynote speakers.

Berlin shares Athens' basic positions on the migration issue, Germany's new Ambassador to Greece Ernst Reichel has said in an interview with Kathimerini. Reichel says that given the bloc's failure to reach a consensus on the issue, the German government favors establishing a critical mass of European Union member-states willing to create a relocation system.