Greece
Economy
PM Mitsotakis Meets with US Energy Secretary on Greece — US Cooperation
The spheres of Greece-US energy cooperation and US investments in Greece dominated a meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette in Athens on Thursday.
Meeting for the first time, at the Greek Prime Minister's...
Diplomacy
Greece, Italy Maritime Deal "Model of Cooperation" in the Mediterranean
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday hailed an agreement on maritime boundaries signed between Greece and Italy on Tuesday as “a model of cooperation and good neighborly relations.”
Speaking in Parliament, he added that “(The agreement) describes the extent...
Greece
USA and Greece Issue Joint Statement on Strategic Dialogue, Expanding Areas of Cooperation
JOINT STATEMENT
The Governments of the United States and Greece held the second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece, on October 7, 2019.
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo together launched...
Diplomacy
US, Greece, Cyprus, and Israel Hold Joint Meeting on Economic Cooperation
A diplomatic-level meeting was held on Thursday at the State Department in Washington, D.C. as a follow-up to the tripartite summit between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, held earlier this year.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had expressed Washington's support...
Diplomacy
Strategic Cooperation with Greece and Cyprus in "US' Interest"
Reinforcing strategic cooperation with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus is "in the interest of the United States," said Yuri Kim, the US State Department official for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, in Washington DC on Tuesday.
Speaking at the 35th Session...
Business
Greek Public Power Cooperation Records Huge Losses
The Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC), the largest publicly-owned utility in the country, announced on Tuesday losses amounting to 542 million euros for 2018.
PPC’s turnover in 2018 amounted to 4.7 billion euros, compared to 4.9 billion euros in 2017....
Diplomacy
Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Jordan Agree to Enhanced Cooperation
Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Jordan agreed at their summit meeting in Amman on Sunday to expand cooperation in vital sectors, including energy, water, agriculture, tourism, healthcare, education, trade and investment.
Jordan's King Abdullah, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek...
Cyprus
King of Jordan Pleased with Trilateral Cooperation
King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan recently expressed his satisfaction with the trilateral cooperation that has developed between Cyprus, Jordan and Greece over the last years.
King Abdullah made his remarks at a November 29th ceremony where he received the...
Greece
Greek, Turkish Coast Guards Vow to 'Strengthen Cooperation'
The heads of the Greek and Turkish Coast Guards met in Piraeus on Friday to strengthen cooperation in tackling the migration flows in the Aegean Sea.
The meeting between Turkey's Ahmet Kendir and Greece's Stamatis Raptis took place at the Hellenic...
Cyprus
Anastasiades Doesn't Rule Out Cooperation With Turkey in East Mediterranean
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has sent the message to the Turkish Cypriots that no one is trying to appropriate the natural wealth belonging to all legitimate citizens of the Republic of Cyprus and that...
Culture
Greek, Chinese Universities Explore Prospects of Deeper Sino-Greek Cooperation
Representatives of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the Beijing Normal University (BNU) took part in a forum held in Athens on Thursday aiming at enhancing the Sino-Greek cooperation, according to the Xinhuanet news agency.
In the forum...
Cyprus
Greece, Cyprus Stress Need for Cooperation in Athens Meeting (video)
During a meeting in Athens on Monday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades emphasized the need for close cooperation between Athens and Nicosia as a tool for promoting a just solution for Cyprus and in...
Diplomacy
Greek, Chinese FMs Commit to Expand Cooperation
The foreign ministers of Greece and China on Monday signed a memorandum of collaboration in Beijing, in the framework of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative.
At a press conference following their meeting, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his...
Diplomacy
Greece Scales Back Military Cooperation with Turkey over Soldiers' Imprisonment
Greece's military has reportedly suspended military cooperation with Turkey over the two Greek soldiers still in confinement in Edirne.
In a report carried by Greek newspaper Kathimerini on Monday, it was claimed that a number of "confidence-building measures" with Turkey...
Greece
Tsipras, the Keffiyeh Scarf and Cooperation with Israel
It was July 2014, only months before Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA were elected as the first ever leftist government in Greece.
It was just another day in the Greek leftist lifestyle that demanded politicians and people demonstrate against yet another...