Governments need to avoid “export restrictions wherever possible” and should also try to “ease bottlenecks in trade by lowering tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade,” Victor Stolzenburg, a research economist with the World Trade Organization, tells Kathimerini.
Greece “continues to believe in dialogue and does not adopt Turkey’s combative rhetoric. However, we are ready for all eventualities and will never accept any dispute of our country’s sovereignty,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Tuesday.
A man was arrested in the wider area of Iraklio, Crete, on Tuesday for possession of cannabis local police said. The arrest was made after a raid at his home and an adjacent area revealed 610 grams of cannabis and four cannabis seedlings up to 170cm tall in an equal number of pots. The preliminary…
The draft law for the streamlining of Elefsis Shipyards, drawn up in cooperation between the ministries of Finance and National Defense, authorizes the Development and Investments minister to represent the company’s main creditor, i.e. the Greek state, at the negotiation regarding the streamlining plan that will be submitted to the competent court based on the…
Turkey will be filing an official request with the United Nations and other international organizations to change the way the country’s name is spelled in English, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran urged Greece on Tuesday to cooperate to resolve a crisis over the seizure of ships without involving the United States, after Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf following the seizure of an Iranian vessel off Greece.
Seeking to secure firmer support from Berlin, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined Athens’ concerns over the recent escalation in Turkish rhetoric and actions during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, held on the sidelines of a European Union summit in Brussels on Tuesday.
Police in Greece have arrested a 37-year-old man carrying a hunting rifle in front of the country’s parliament building, after a brief standoff with members of a police tactical unit.
The EastMed gas pipeline project remains under “examination,” Israel’s energy minister said on Monday, announcing the country’s intention to issue new licenses for offshore natural gas exploration in the Mediterranean in a bid to export to Europe.
In response to Turkey’s aggression “on a rhetorical and ground level” particularly over the last few days, Athens is formally raising the issue with its allies and partners.