Quotes by Costas Karamanlis

“We are continuously taking into consideration information and developments and we are preparing a course of action responsibly and with vision.”

“We have to live together and make the best of it. They should eventually be permitted to join the European Union. A Europeanized Turkey is in everybodys interest.”

“there are not two Greeces.”

“The government aims to establish the Thessaloniki region as a pole of attracting scientists from Southeastern Europe and becoming the base of new enterprises in the new technologies sector,”

“These institutions, the wider Innovation Zone, and the foundation of an International University, are very significant steps towards establishing the Thessaloniki region as a pole of attracting scientists from Southeastern Europe and at the same time establishing the region as the base of new enterprises in the new technology sectors,”

“will constitute an energy hub of the broader southeastern Europe.”

“The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past, ... The EU must maintain its credibility.”

“The EU recognized Turkey as a candidate country in 1999 without expressing any such reservation. The debate is legitimate but you cannot ignore the past,”

“One year after the Athens Olympic Games and the European football championship, the Greek basketball team has climbed to the highest peak of Europe once again,”

“I want to stress that Greece, since last night, is on the lips of everyone in the world who follows this mass and magical sport called football,”