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Croatia continues to strengthen ties with China and build cooperation

Today, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković received Yang Jiechi, the first man of Chinese diplomacy and the head of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Central...

Slovenian minister: “Logistics is high on the list of priorities of the Ministry of Infrastructure”

The Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec attended the opening of a garage house and a truck entrance at the Bertoška access road in the Port of...

Oleksandr Kubrakov takes over as head of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – Oleksandr Kubrakov has started his new role as head of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine....

Port Authority of Augusta-Catania to receive central funds

Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – The Italian government has signed the decree of allotment of €115 million ($140 million) for the design of...

Italian government makes €107 million available to Municipalities, Metropolitan Cities and Port System Authorities

The Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility makes €107 million available to Municipalities, Metropolitan Cities and Port System Authorities for...

Consul General of the United States visits the port of Genoa

The United States Consul General in Milan, Robert Needham, together with the Consul for Political and Economic Affairs, Holly Holzer, visited the Port of Genoa...

Malta: Visit in Libya aimed at opening a Consulate in Benghazi

A Malta delegation led by the Permanent Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs, Mr Christopher Cutajar, paid a visit to Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, with...

Analysis – Danube River–Aegean Sea Canal project surpasses the craziness of Kanal Istanbul

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – A megalomanic project to construct a Danube River–Aegean Sea Canal has been a Serbian dream for well...

Kanal Istanbul construction to start in June

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – A sod-turning ceremony for the Kanal Istanbul project will be held by the end of June. Despite opposition to...

Ukraine seeks U.S. investment in local infrastructure projects

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 15, 2021 – The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, took part in the online conference...

Government works on concession for Chernomorsk port, Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 15, 2021 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...

Portuguese secretary of state for internationalization visits Greece

The Secretary of State for Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, will visit Greece from today until May 16th to participate in the Delphi Economic Forum...

Portuguese minister visits Port of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – The Portuguese Minister of Maritime Affairs, Ricardo Serrão Santos, has visited Piraeus port. Together...

French minister visits Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of an official visit to Slovenia, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Minister of Transport, has visited...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks at DEFENDER-Europe 21 DV Day, Greece

Port of Alexandroupoli – Speech by Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks at DEFENDER-Europe 21 DV Day – May 7, 2020 Delivered (podium)  Kalimera...

Russia: Extended meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council

Kazan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – An Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting took place on April 30 in Kazan and was attended by government...

Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim at Defender Europe 21 event at the Port of Durrës

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – The U.S. Ambassador Yuri Kim attended the “Defender Europe 21 Opening Ceremony Distinguished Visitors...

Minister Giovannini meets the Minister of Transport and Logistics of Tunisia

The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, today had a videoconference interview with his Tunisian counterpart, Moez Chakchouk...

Batumi port on the agneda for Ukrainian delegation visit to Georgia

On April 21-24, 2021, as part of the visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Georgia headed by First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Dmytro...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s remarks to press: U.S. Coast Guard visit to the Port of Piraeus

U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters Robert Goldman and Charles Moulthrope to the port of Piraeus – April 28, 2021 Kalimera!  Let me start by saying...

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