Retail commerce enterprises’ turnover up 12.3% in July
Retail commerce enterprises’ turnover grew 12.3% in July totaling 3.94 billion euros, from 3.51 billion in July 2022, and rose 5.5% in comparison with June 2023, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Tuesday. More specifically, the biggest percentage increase in turnover…
FM Gerapetritis meets Dukakis in Boston
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis visited the former US presidential candidate and longest serving governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, on Sunday. The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere at the Dukakis home in Brookline, Boston. Gerapetritis thanked the veteran Greek-American…
UNESCO adds Zagorochoria to its World Heritage List
The Zagorochoria in Mt. Pindos, northwestern Greece, were included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List, it was announced at the World Heritage Committee’s 45th session taking place in Riyadh. The extended session is taking place in Saudi Arabia from September 10…
Marinakis: Today Greece is stronger than ever in defence
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis in his briefing to the press on Thursday referred to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “The prime minister in his statement noted that they agreed to continue to work…
Greek FM at UN Ukraine debate: Greece’s foreign policy was always defined by its commitment to International Law
Greece’s foreign policy, as a founding member of the United Nations, has always been defined by its commitment to International Law, said Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis in New York, in his address to the UN Security Council…
FM: Greece strongly condemns military actions undertaken by Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh
“Greece strongly condemns the military actions undertaken by Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh which resulted in the loss of life of many people,” the foreign ministry said in a statement adding: “Greece calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities. We took…
Greek state budget had primary surplus of 5.56 billion euros in Jan-Aug
Greece’s central government budget recorded a primary surplus of 5.56 billion euros in the January-August period this year, from a deficit of 481 million euros in the corresponding period in 2022, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday. The central…
Dendias participates in Ukraine Defence Contact Group, meets US counterpart
National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on Tuesday participated in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, organised at Ramstein Air Base following an initiative of the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. In a post on the social media…
Five dead from Greek humanitarian aid mission in Libya returned in C-27 military aircraft
The dead bodies of three Armed Forces officers and two interpreters supplied by the foreign ministry for Greece’s humanitarian aid mission to Libya were being returned to Greece in a C-27 military transport plane on Monday. “I express my deepest…
State Department: We expect the Albanian authorities to respect the law in the case of Fredi Beleri
The US State Department sent the message to the Albanian authorities that the US government expects the law to be respected in the case of (Himare mayor) Fredi Beleri. In response to a question from Greek correspondents in Washington, a…
Greece has adequate supplies of natural gas for winter, deputy energy min says
Greece is in a better position for this coming winter than it was last year, as a national threat assessment report for the coming winter does not indicate a significant lack of natural gas supplies in the country, Deputy Environment…
Cruiseship arrivals at Piraeus up 85% Jan-Aug 2023, compared to 2022
Cruiseship arrivals were up 85% in January-August 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 in the port of Piraeus, one of the top cruiseship port destinations in the Mediterranean, the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) said on Thursday. Specifically, cruiseship…
