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  • PM: Channels with Turkey must stay open

    PM: Channels with Turkey must stay open

    Mitsotakis dismisses calls to postpone Ankara visit over monastery’s conversion into mosque

    PM: Channels with Turkey must stay open
  • Athens, Ankara finalizing details of PM’s Turkey visit

    Athens, Ankara finalizing details of PM’s Turkey visit

    Greek and Turkish officials are trying to finalize the details of the visit by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara on May 13, when he will meet with the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  

    Athens, Ankara finalizing details of PM’s Turkey visit
  • Greece Leads EU in Energy Price Decrease

    Greece Leads EU in Energy Price Decrease

    Following a surge that began before the war in Ukraine, electricity and gas bills in Greece saw a decrease in the latter half of 2023, offering some respite to consumers.

    Greece Leads EU in Energy Price Decrease
  • High concentrations of Saharan dust over Greece to subside during the day

    High concentrations of Saharan dust over Greece to subside during the day

    Prevailing west-northwesterly winds will gradually carry the dust toward the Aegean sea, while high concentrations of dust are expected on Thursday over the islands of the Dodecanese

    High concentrations of Saharan dust over Greece to subside during the day
  • Greece to Protect 198 ‘Untouchable Beaches’

    Greece to Protect 198 ‘Untouchable Beaches’

    These beaches, numbering 198 across the country, fall within the Natura 2000 network and will be off-limits for concession and, by extension, for the placement of umbrellas, sunbeds, etc.

    Greece to Protect 198 ‘Untouchable Beaches’
  • Greece submits 4th payment request, amounting to 2.3 billion euros, to Recovery Fund

    Greece submits 4th payment request, amounting to 2.3 billion euros, to Recovery Fund

    Alternate Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis submitted on Wednesday to the European Commission the 4th payment request, amounting to 2.3 billion euros, for the loan part of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

    Greece submits 4th payment request, amounting to 2.3 billion euros, to Recovery Fund
  • Greece plans 2 marine protected areas. But rival Turkey and environmental groups aren’t impressed

    Greece plans 2 marine protected areas. But rival Turkey and environmental groups aren’t impressed

    But the plan has irked Greece’s neighbor and regional rival, Turkey, while environmental organizations say the initiative doesn’t go far enough, noting that the country also allows environmentally harmful practices such as energy exploration in sensitive marine environments.

    Greece plans 2 marine protected areas. But rival Turkey and environmental groups aren’t impressed
  • Politico: Total dividends of Greek banks at 840 million euros

    Politico: Total dividends of Greek banks at 840 million euros

    According to an article in Politico, citing Greek banking sources, the European Central Bank is expected to give the go-ahead in June for the four systemic lenders.

    Politico: Total dividends of Greek banks at 840 million euros
  • High level Greek-Turkish diplomatic, military meetings ahead

    High level Greek-Turkish diplomatic, military meetings ahead

    Greek-Turkish relations, often tense, have been relatively normal since February 2023, when Greece sent rescue teams in the wake of two devastating earthquakes in eastern Turkey.

    High level Greek-Turkish diplomatic, military meetings ahead
  • Diplomatic sources: Erdogan’s statements a ‘blatant distortion of historical truth’

    Diplomatic sources: Erdogan's statements a 'blatant distortion of historical truth'

    "The statements of the Turkish president regarding the illegal invasion of Cyprus in 1974 constitute a blatant distortion of the historical truth and an insult to the memory of the victims," according to Greek diplomatic sources on Tuesday.

    Diplomatic sources: Erdogan’s statements a ‘blatant distortion of historical truth’
  • US Ambassador Tsounis: Greece secures NATO readiness via Alexandroupolis

    US Ambassador Tsounis: Greece secures NATO readiness via Alexandroupolis

    At the East Macedonia & Thrace Forum, the US Ambassador to Greece George Tsounis, announced that on April 4, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be at the Oval Office where he will meet with US President Joe Biden.

    US Ambassador Tsounis: Greece secures NATO readiness via Alexandroupolis
  • Cyprus a familiar economic space for Greece

    Cyprus a familiar economic space for Greece

    In an interview conducted by Kathimerini Cyprus’ Panayiotis Rougalas, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras shed light on various aspects of the Cypriot monetary policy and economic landscape.

    Cyprus a familiar economic space for Greece