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EU Commission: Greece’s growth above the EU average

The European Commission “sees” Greece’s economic growth at 2.4% in 2023 and 2.2% until 2025, above the eurozone and EU average, in its autumn economic forecasts released on Wednesday, pointing out that this growth is supported by the implementation of…

PM Mitsotakis: We will strive for closer cooperation with Germany

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in joint statements with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after their meeting in Berlin on Tuesday, reaffirmed the significant improvement in Greek-German relations on all levels. Mitsotakis underlined that Greece is moving toward a new chapter in…

Matters of national sovereignty cannot be the subject of dialogue with any country, Dendias says

“Matters of national sovereignty cannot be the subject of a dialogue with any country,” National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias stressed on Monday, addressing a seminar on “The Lausanne Treaty: 100 years after its signing” held at the Officers’ Mess of…

ANA-MPA & Spain’s EFE sign collaboration agreement

A collaboration agreement was signed on Thursday in Thessaloniki between Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) and Spain’s news agency EFE. It was signed by ANA-MPA President & Director General Aimilios Perdikaris and EFE’s Head of International Relations Cristina Ozaeta Heusel. Commenting,…

Dendias, Prince Khalid bin Salman discuss wider defence cooperation between Greece and Saudi Arabia

National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia Prince Khalid bin Salman and discussed the extension of the presence of the Greek Patriot missiles in Saudi Arabia as well as the wider defence cooperation between Greece…

The Cyprus issue is a national priority, PM says

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Today, we confirmed this phrase by Aristotle,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday during joint statements with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in Athens. The two leaders held a joint…

PM Mitsotakis meets President Macron on sidelines of Gaza humanitarian conference

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday had a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the International Humanitarian Conference for Gaza’s civilian population in Paris. During the meeting they discussed the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip…

The digital upgrade of ANA-MPA among the next interventions of the Digital Governance Ministry

Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou late on Tuesday, while briefing the parliamentary Committee on Research and Technology, referred to the upcoming interventions of the ministry, which include the digital upgrade of the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA). “We have the new…

Mitsotakis meets EIB President Hoyer, attends signing of EIB-DEDDIE financing agreement

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Tuesday with the president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer. During the meeting, they discussed the possibilities of further expanding Greece’s important and long-standing cooperation with the EIB, the positive course of…

Greek aircraft with humanitarian aid for Gaza arrived at Egypt’s El Arish airport

A Hellenic AirForce C-130 aircraft carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza civilians landed at Egypt’s El Arish airport on Monday.The dispatch was received by the Greek Ambassador to Egypt, the Greek Foreign Minister posted on X. “A C-130 aircraft with a…

Thessaloniki’s port can act as a gateway to the Balkans and Europe, East Port Said director tells ANA

The administration of East Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, appears to ‘view’ the port of Thessaloniki as a potential gateway to the Balkans and Europe for Egyptian perishable goods but also for Egyptian green hygrogen…

Greece’s valuable ‘blue forests’ reveal their secrets

Hidden below the surface of the sea are the so-called “blue forests” or posidonia seagrass “meadows” that abound on the seabed, creating one of the most valuable habitats in the Mediterranean. “They are virtually everywhere but they are not seaweed….