Tag: Greece
Athens should help Olaf Scholz to keep tank promises
Marder armored personnel carrier Germany wants to deliver the weapons to Ukraine by March. (Photo: AP) Athens, Berlin Greece is apparently supposed to help with the promise of the federal…
Greece: Athens pushes privatizations
Kalamata airport Stars travel via the airport in their private jets, as do package holidaymakers in charter planes. (Photo: AP) Athens Costa Navarino is a five star resort on the…
Greece wants to benefit from the return of the Chinese
Tourist in Greece The Chinese planes bring not only tourists but also investors. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Athens Garlands, balloons and little bites: The arrival of Air China flight CA 854…
Germany wants to deliver by the end of March
Decommissioned Marder tanks on a factory site 40 vehicles are to be delivered to Ukraine by the end of March. (Photo: imago/Hans Scherhaufer) Berlin, Athens One day after the German…
Greece breaks away from Russian gas – a German company is helping
Wind turbines in Crete Greece has significantly increased its own expansion targets for power generation from renewables. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Athens October 7, 2022 was a historic date for Greece, even…
Greece and Egypt are planning power cables across the Mediterranean
Wind farm near the Egyptian capital Cairo In order to generate the energy for the cable, Copelouzos is planning to build solar systems and wind farms with an output of…
Run on LNG tankers – shipowners compete for capacities
Athens Russia’s war against Ukraine has sharply increased the demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and with it the need for corresponding transport ships. But the few shipyards that…
EU politician Kaili makes a partial confession in the corruption scandal
Eva Kaili Kaili’s lawyer did not confirm that the testimony was a partial admission. (Photo: AP) Brussels According to media reports, the arrested former Vice President of the European Parliament…
EU politician Kaili wants to plead not guilty
Good morning dear readers, the genre of the classical Greek saga is generally considered to have been closed for over 2000 years. But yesterday evening, a lawyer for the EU…
EU corruption scandal: Group leaders want to depose Kaili
Strasbourg The EU Parliament has dismissed Greek MEP Eva Kaili, who has been arrested on corruption charges, as Vice President. 625 MPs voted Tuesday to remove her from office. There…
EU corruption scandal: Group leaders want to depose Kaili
Eva Kaili The Vice President of the European Parliament is the most prominent suspect in the corruption scandal. (Photo: IMAGO/ANE Edition) Strasbourg The EU Parliament has dismissed Greek MEP Eva…
EU corruption scandal: Group leaders want to depose Kaili
Eva Kaili The Vice President of the European Parliament is the most prominent suspect in the corruption scandal. (Photo: IMAGO/ANE Edition) Strasbourg The group leaders in the European Parliament have…
Erdogan indirectly threatens Athens with rocket attack
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indirectly threatened the NATO partner Greece. (Photo: IMAGO/APAimages) Istanbul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indirectly threatened a missile attack in the dispute over…
Greece’s liquid gas terminal could become a life raft for southern Europe
Athens Tugboats slowly tow the “Cheikh El Mokrani” to the pier. The men in the command center follow the berthing maneuver of the 220 meter long tanker with high voltage…
Mitsotakis is putting pressure on the domestic banks
Prime Minister Mitsotakis (left) meeting President Katerina Sakellaropulou Prime Minister is keen to avoid a spike in bad loans. (Photo: Dimitris Papamitsos Dimitris Papamitsos) Athens The Athens Prime Minister Kyriakos…
According to central bank governor Stournaras, inflationary pressures will ease
Yannis Stournaras His country, he says, is much more resilient today than it was ten years ago. (Photo: mauritius images / ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy / Alamy Stock Photos)…
Greece’s credit rating: Investment grade rating delayed
Greece Greek debt securities are still classified as “non-investment grade” by the major rating agencies. (Photo: dpa) Athens Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras is feeling the effects of rising interest…
Greece is looking for gas – that also benefits Germany
Gas transmission network on Revithousa island Europe hopes that Greece will export large quantities of gas northwards in the future. (Photo: dpa) Athens At a snail’s pace of 3.4 knots,…
Greece stops privatization of important port
Athens In the last few meters, the Greek government stopped the privatization of the port in Alexandroupoli in northern Greece, which had already been initiated in 2017. The government has…
Cosco controls Greece’s largest port
Cosco container ship The Chinese logistics group Cosco holds two-thirds of the shares in the port of Piraeus. (Photo: LightRocket/Getty Images) Athens Work was suspended almost everywhere in Greece on…