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President Prokopis Pavlopoulos congratulates actors dressed in uniform at the opening of the exhibition 'The Great War 1914-1918,' an exhibition which opened on Monday at the National Historical Museum in Athens to mark 100 years since the end of World War I. [Symela Pantzartzi/ANA-MPA]

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Wednesday expressed condolences to his American counterpart Donald Trump over a suspected terrorist attack in New York City on Tuesday night that left eight people dead.

Family, relatives, friends, associates, colleagues and many ordinary people who were touched by the tragic murder of prominent Athens lawyer Michael Zafeiropoulos on Thursday night will be bidding their respect at the funeral which is taking place at the Church of the Metamorphosis in Hellinikon at 3pm.

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos hailed the contribution of NGO the “Ark of the World” in promoting humanity on Tuesday, during the inauguration of a new annex in Kolonos.

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has condemned a campaign inciting violence against a professor at Athens's Panteion University after dozens of posters were pasted on walls and electrical poles in different parts of the city, showing a photograph of the academic and titled "This is the fascist."

PM Ana Brnabic and Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos agreed on Monday in Blegrade that bilateral relations between the two countries are traditionally good.

But that there is room for their improvement, especially in economic cooperation, the Serbian government said in a statement after the meeting.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday reached out with a message of support to the Greece-born mayor of Tarpon Springs, Florida, as the southeastern American state was bracing for the deadly Hurricane Irma to make landfall later in the day.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has renewed a demand for war reparations from Germany due to the Nazi occupation during World War II.

Two years after the leftist-led government passed much-hyped legislation allowing children who have been born to migrant parents in Greece to obtain Greek citizenship, it is estimated that only half of the 58,000 applications have been approved by the authorities.

Germany's new ambassador to Greece, Jens Ploetner, has presented his credentials to President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and vowed to work to maintain ties between the two countries. "Germany and Greece share a long tradition of a close and multifaceted relationship," he said on Thursday after meeting Pavlopoulos.