An indifferent and outdated electoral race
Following two national elections and a noisy change of leadership at SYRIZA, no one seemed particularly interested in Sunday’s race for local government.
Erdogan renews offer for Turkish mediation in Israeli-Hamas conflict
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan held phone calls with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Erdogan’s Russian counterpart on Tuesday, as Ankara renewed its offer to mediate and soothe tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.
Where parties won and lost compared to the national vote
Useful political conclusions can be gleaned from the results of Sunday’s regional elections, where ruling New Democracy, leftist opposition SYRIZA, socialist PASOK, and the Communist Party (KKE) had formally endorsed candidates in 13 regions.
Greek industrial output decline eases in August
Greek industrial output declined 0.5% in August compared to the same month a year earlier, after a 1.9% drop in July, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Tuesday.
DEF to host East Med & Southeast Europe conference in Brussels
The Delphi Economic Forum is organizing its 2nd East Med & Southeast Europe conference in Brussels on Thursday, titled “Energy Transformation and Autonomy in Southeast Europe.” The event will be held at the Sofitel Brussels Europe Hotel. For more information, go to delphibrussels.com.
HDS gets order for new Iris-T missile components
Hellenic Defense Systems SA (HDS) received a new order for components of the European medium-range infrared homing air-to-air Iris-T missiles worth 28.8 million euros, it announced on Tuesday.
Med power link budget at €1.9 bln
George Papanastasiou, Cyprus’ minister of energy, trade and industry, expressed his pleasure at the upcoming implementation of the power interconnection project linking Israel, Cyprus, Crete and mainland Greece.
US continues push for Saudi-Israel ties even as war with Hamas begins
President Joe Biden’s top aides scrambled Sunday to reaffirm their commitment to the idea of potential normalization of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, even as Israel prepares for the start of a full-scale war against Palestinian militants.
Mytilineos criticizes the EU
Evangelos Mytilineos has blamed the European Union for inaction in the face of the continuous contraction of industrial production due to the war in Ukraine.
Agreements on energy frozen by war
The turmoil in the Middle East triggered by Hamas’ ferocious attack and Israel’s retaliation is changing the priorities of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the balance in the southeastern Mediterranean.