Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the US for sending a group of warships to the eastern Mediterranean in a show of solidarity with Israel which on Sunday formally declared war on Hamas.
Referring to the next step in public sector digitization during an interview on Open TV, Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou on Tuesday said that “the ‘next day’ is the new wallet, a new mobile app that will help citizens carry out transactions with the public sector without having to present any documents.”
Following two national elections and a noisy change of leadership at SYRIZA, no one seemed particularly interested in Sunday’s race for local government.
Foreign investments in Greek property will likely post a record high this year.
The Greek economy is expected to grow by 2.5% this year and 2% in 2024, significantly exceeding average growth rates of 0.7% and 1.2% in the eurozone, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.