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Defence Min Dendias: Greek frigate to take part in “Prosperity Guardian” operation

“Following an order of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, I asked the Hellenic National Defence General Staff general Konstantinos Floros and the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Vice Admiral Ioannis Drymousis to proceed with the participation of a Greek…

State budget shows 5.4 bln-euro surplus in the period Jan-Nov 2023

The Greek state budget showed a 5.4 billion euros primary surplus in the period January-November 2023 on a cash basis, according to the Bank of Greece. In January-November 2023, the central government cash balance recorded a deficit of 468 million…

Gastrade’s FSRU at the anchorage of Alexandroupolis port

The specially designed tanker of Gastrade, the offshore natural gas storage and regasification unit – about 300 meters long – which was converted into an FSRU at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore, sailed into the berth of Alexandroupolis port on…

Economist ranks Greece in top place

The Economist ranked Greece at the top of the list of 35 countries with the best economic performance for 2023. The head of the economic office of the prime minister, Alex Patelis, made a relevant post on Facebook. According to…

Enter Alexander: The Battle of Chaeronea at the Museum of Cycladic Art

Some 240 antiquities and historical items from 27 museums in Greece and abroad and 4 private collections are included in the new exhibition titled “Chaeronea, 2 August 338 BC: A day that changed the world” that opens at the Museum…

New Greek AI widget mAigov goes live

Greece’s online public services platform gov.gr launched its first artificial intelligence assistant, mAIgov.gr. Incorporated into the digital platform’s home page as an on-screen widget, the AI assistant operates as a helper that processes users’ queries and directs them to the…

ANA-MPA signs cooperation agreement with Austria Presse Agentur

The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) on Friday signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with Austria Presse Agentur (APA). The memorandum of cooperation was signed by the President and General Director of ANA-MPA, Aimilios Perdikaris, and the President and CEO of APA,…

Greece’s position is to support the EU perspective of the Western Balkans subject to conditions

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis on Thursday underlined that support for the European perspective of the Western Balkans has been Greece’s fixed position, while referring to the prime minister’s participation in the EU-Western Balkans Summit and the European Council in Brussels….

The issue of German war reparations remains open for the Greek government, Dendias says

“The issue of German war reparations remains open for the Greek government,” National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday in Kalavryta, where he represented the prime minister and the government at events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Kalavryta…

Greece won’t consent to Albania’s EU accession if there is no progress regarding Beleri

Greece will not consent to the next stage in Albania’s EU accession talks if there is no progress on the matter of the elected mayor of Himare, Fredi Beleri, Greek diplomatic sources reiterated in Brussels on Tuesday. The same sources…

Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection attracts the interest of major investors

The Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection, a project with a budget of 1.9 billion euros, has attracted the interest of major investors inside and outside of Europe. After the October agreement on the designation of Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) as the…

Greece’s IPTO, Abu Dhabi’s TAQA & Cyprus’ energy ministry sign MoU during COP28 in Dubai

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Dubai by Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), the Republic of Cyprus’ Ministry of Energy, Commerce & Industry and Abu Dhabi-based energy conglomerate TAQA. At a special event held at the Greek…