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Visit by Mitsotakis and Tusk to Belgrade raises hopes for Serbia’s European integration, Vucic said

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday said he was very pleased after his meeting with the prime ministers of Greece and Poland, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Donald Tusk, respectively. Vucic said that both premiers conveyed ‘encouraging messages’ regarding Serbia’s European prospects….

IMF forecasts Greek economy to grow by 2.3% in 2024, 2% in 2025

The Greek economy is expected to grow at a faster pace than the Eurozone, both this year and in 2025, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund on global economic prospects, released today. Specifically, real GDP is projected…

Stylianides: A new ‘maritime’ Egnatia will open up new prospects

Shipping and Island Policy Minister Christos Stylianides on Tuesday expressed his certainty that as things improve in Greece and the city of Thessaloniki, this will also benefit North Macedonia, while addressing the Southeast Connectivity Forum. He claimed that both countries…

PM Mitsotakis: Greece’s economy on irreversible path to recovery

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a speech at the National Gallery focused on productive transformation, boosting investments and industrial growth to create new jobs across Greece, emphasized that the country’s economy is on a definitive and irreversible path to recovery….

Pyatt: Natural gas Vertical Corridor puts Greece in a leading position

The Vertical Corridor puts Greece in a leading position, and Europe in a leading position more broadly, US Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) in an interview posted Sunday. Pyatt was speaking to…

S&P reaffirms Greece’s investment-grade rating BBB- with a positive outlook

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) reaffirmed Greece’s investment-grade rating of “ BBB-” with a positive outlook. S&P was the first of the three major US credit rating agencies to upgrade Greece to investment grade.  Fitch followed suit in…

Marinakis: Greece will not discuss issues of sovereignty with Turkiye

Greece will never discuss issues pertaining to sovereignty during talks with Turkiye, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis stressed on Friday, in an interview on SKAI television. This dealt with rail transport safety, the prime minister’s criticism of far-right “super-patriots”, economic issues…

Central government primary surplus was roughly 8 bln euros in January-September 2024, central bank reports

The primary balance of the central government in Greece on a cash basis recorded a surplus of just over eight billion euros in January-September 2024, up from 5.3 billion euros in the same period of 2023, according to figures released…

Mitsotakis: Two states that can coexist in peace the only political solution for the Middle East

“This is the first EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit and it [is happening] at a very crucial time, when we are faced with increased tensions in the Middle East,” stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday, in a doorstep statement as…

Greece submits Medium-Term Draft Budgetary Plan to European Commission

Greece submitted its Medium-Term Draft Budgetary Plan (DBP) for 2025-2028 to the European Commission on Tuesday, within deadline, the National Economy & Finance Ministry said. The ministry said that the plan confirms the fiscal numbers for 2024 and 2025, as…

UK Ambassador to ANA-MPA: Greece’s role is of strategic importance

Greece has a strategically important role in the region, at a difficult time in the midst of two wars, the UK Ambassador to Greece Matthew Lodge said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) and reporter Sofia Papadopoulou…

The Acropolis Museum to celebrate the European Days of Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage

The central concern of the Acropolis Museum is the conservation and restoration of the works of its collections by ensuring appropriate environmental conditions and their presentation to the public in a modern way. To this end, it encourages research, takes…