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TRACECA and Azerbaijan discuss international trade corridors

On 8 June 2021 Mr Asset Assavbayev, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA, Rufat Bayramov, National Secretary of the IGC TRACECA in Azerbaijan and Mikail...

TRACECA and Turkmenistan discuss strengthening cooperation in Eurasia

On June 10, 2021, a meeting of Asset Assavbaev, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA and Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, took...

Interview of Greek Prime Minister in the French newspaper Le Figaro

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to the French newspaper “Le Figaro” and the journalist Alexia Kefalas – June 14, 2021...

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea visits Port of Genoa

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Hee-seog Kwon, has met the President of the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Paolo Emilio Signorini...

Croatia and Montenegro discuss transport cooperation

Minister Butković with the Montenegrin Minister of Capital Investments on joint cooperation between Croatia and Montenegro in the field of transport...

400 operators attend Algerian-Libyan Economic Forum in Algiers

Algerian-Libyan Economic Forum opened Saturday in Aurassi Hotel, Algiers, with the participation of nearly 400 economic operators from the two countries...

Libya and Algeria to strengthen cooperation in the transport sector

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Following talks in Algiers between Libya’s Minister of Transport, Mohamed Al-Shoubi and his Algerian...

Morocco excludes Spanish ports from annual Operation Paso Del Estrecho

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Last week, the Moroccan government announced that Spanish ports would not be included the annual Operation...

Joint statement by French Prime Minister and the head of the Tunisian government

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – French Prime Minister Jean Castex was in Tunis on June 2 and 3, 2021, for the third Franco-Tunisian High...

Tunisia and France sign maritime agreement

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – During the visit of French Prime Minister Jean Castex to Tunisia, the two countries signed several...

Minister Vrtovec meets European transport ministers on the priorities of Slovenia’s presidency of the EU Council

Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec attended a meeting of European transport ministers in Luxembourg, where he presented the priorities of the Slovenian...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s remarks at MOU Signing with EduAct for Thessaloniki TechLab

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – U.S. Ambassador Pyatt has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with #EduACT to open a 6th...

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Pyatt speaks at Thessaloniki event

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – Speaking at an “Thessaloniki Future Thinking Dialogues” Amcham event to journalists, U.S....

Russia’s Minister of Agriculture will visit Serbia soon

The Minister without portfolio in the Government of Serbia in charge of innovations and technological development, Nenad Popović, met today with the Minister...

Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee completes review

Under the chairmanship of the General Secretary of Ports Evangelos Kyriazopoulos, the 87th / 02-06-2021 Meeting of the Port Planning and Development Committee...

Greek government meets International Maritime Union to discuss shipping issues

The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Mr. Giannis Plakiotakis met today with the President, Antonis Venieris and members of the Board of Directors of the...

Italy-Libya: meeting between Ministers Giovannini and Al Shahoubi

At the center of the talks the strong collaboration between the countries for the recovery of Libya, the support for the transition and the consolidation of...

Greece and Italy ratify delimitation of maritime zones

Announcement of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the completion of the ratification process of the Greece-Italy agreement for the delimitation...

Statement by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs after the meeting with Turkish counterpart

Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, after the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu – May...

Statement by Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs after the meeting with Russian counterpart

Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, after the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov,...

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