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Diplomacy
EU Chief Michel Declares "All Options on Table" Regarding Turkey
The sharp increase in tensions between Greece and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean was addressed by EU President Charles Michel on Wednesday, after a teleconference called in Brussels to address the ongoing unrest in Belarus.
The EU head placed the...
Business
EU Posts Large Trade Surplus as Imports Drop in 2020
The Eurozone's trade surplus posted record numbers in June, swelling to 21.2 billion euros ($25 million) as the bloc experienced a corresponding record decline in the importation of goods due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent report...
Business
Greece Extends Unemployment, Other Coronavirus-Related Financial Measures
It was announced that a new financial package addressing the many economic ramifications of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will be presented to Greece's Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, on Tuesday.
The details of the package include an extension in unemployment...
Cyprus
Extraordinary EU Security Council Summit Gives Full Support to Greece
Greek Foreign Minister Dendias addressed an extraordinary meeting of the EU Security Council on Friday afternoon, during which he showed photographs of the collision which took place this week after Greek and Turkish naval vessels operated in the same...
Diplomacy
Greek PM Mitsotakis, German Chancellor Merkel Speak Ahead of Friday Meeting
Just one day before a special meeting of the European Union Security Council, it was reported that Greek Prime Minister spoke on the telephone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday.
Greek media are reporting that the Prime Minister discussed...
Diplomacy
EU Council President, Merkel Speak with Erdogan; Reportedly "In Favor of Dialogue"
It was reported in Greek media today that European Union Council President Charles Michel held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to information disclosed by EU Council spokesman Barend Leyts.
The call occurred amid sharply-rising tensions...
Diplomacy
Greece Rallies Friends and Allies as it Requests Emergency EU Meeting Over Turkish Aggression
Greece requested the European Union on Tuesday to hold an emergency meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers over Turkey’s continuous aggression in the southern Aegean and East Mediterranean Sea.
The decision was announced after a meeting of Prime Minister Kyriakos...
Greece
Number of Deportations from Greece Up Slightly in First Half of 2020
Greece's Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Wednesday released the January-June 2020 data on voluntary and forced returns of migrants, as well as information regarding the relocations of unaccompanied minors for family reunification and to other EU countries.
The statistics...
Business
Greek PM Lauds EU Coronavirus Grant Package
"We are returning to Athens with an overall package that exceeds 70 billion euros, an unprecedented sum for our country," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in a press conference following the marathon European Council meeting in Brussels,...
Business
Greece's Industrial Production Declines Less than Other EU Countries
Industrial production in Greece fell by less than the average decline in the Eurozone, Eurostat said in a report on Tuesday. Production worldwide has greatly slowed down in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic and its related shutdowns.
However,...