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Serbia: Importance of investing in infrastructure for a better life for all citizens
Belgrade, October 7, 2020 The Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said...
Durres port-Pristina rail link agreed
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – The governments of Albania and Kosovo have signed four agreement including one for the construction of...
Ukraine and South Africa discuss transport
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 5, 2020 – Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure, Vladyslav Krykliy, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and...
More than 120 ideas received for Spain’s Ports 4.0 innovation fund
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2020 – The Ports 4.0 innovation fund has closed the submission deadline for ideas with more than 120...
Press conference of Greek prime minister after the Special Summit of the European Council
Press conference of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the completion of the work of the Special Summit of the European Council – October 2, 2020...
Croatia hosts Secretary of State of the United States Pompeo
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković met today in Dubrovnik with the Secretary of State of the United States of America Michael R. Pompeo. They discussed...
Turkish foreign minister visits Italy
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Italy on 2 October 2020 upon invitation of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Luigi...
Greece extends deadlines for regional ports privatisation
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 1, 2020 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek...
Greek and Cypriot foreign minister meet in Nicosia
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, at the end of his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis...
Ukraine and Lithuania discuss increased cooperation
Today, September 29, the 20th meeting of the Ukrainian-Lithuanian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation took...
Joint Statement on the high level overview of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on September 28, 2020, conducted a high-level review of the US-Greece...
Greek prime minister meets visiting UAE minister
Meeting of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
Secretary of State Pompeo travels to Greece – U.S. government
The U.S. Department of State has released the following factsheet prior to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Greece this week – September 27, 2020 “The...
U.S. Secretary Pompeo to visit Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) September 27, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Thessaloniki and Crete in the next three days,...
Greek minister meets visiting UAE counterpart
Statements by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendia, after the conclusion of his meeting with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh...
Turkish foreign minister joins meeting of Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Participation of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in the Informal Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic...
Russian government to revise transport infrastructure development
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – The government has announced that it will significantly revise the plan for the development of the...