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Merkel visits Greece for the last time as chancellor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Source: Getty

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived yesterday (Jan 10) in Athens for a 2 day visit.


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By Dina Gerolymou

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived yesterday (Jan 10) in Athens for a 2 day visit.


She met with the Greek  Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a show of post-austerity solidarity  lending diplomatic support for a name change for Greece's neighbour FYROM.

She is scheduled to meet the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and the leader of the opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Dina Gerolymou and Themis Kallos discuss the story.


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