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Greek Olive Oil Industry Holds Its Breath After US Given Green Light to Impose $7.5 Billion in Tariffs
The Greek olive oil industry is waiting anxiously to find out whether its iconic products will be included on the list of items subject to tariffs, after Wednesday's decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to allow the US...
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Greek Butchers to Participate in the "Olympics of Meat" in Sacramento in 2020
Greece's national team of professional butchers, dubbed "Meating Greece," will compete in a competition called the "World Butcher's Challenge 2020," which will take place in Sacramento, California on September 5, 2020.
The World Butchers' Challenge is a global competition in...
Diplomacy
PM Mitsotakis Will Meet with US President Trump on September 24
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with American President Donald Trump in New York City on September 24, concurrent with a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Monday evening.
In a Hellas...
Diplomacy
Meeting Between Greek PM and US President in New York "Very Likely"
A Greek government spokesman said on Monday that a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Donald Trump in parallel with the UN General Assembly in New York at the end of the month is “very...
Greece
Greece Loses Game Against USA in FIBA Basketball World Cup
Greece lost to the powerful USA National Team 69-53 on Saturday in its fourth game of this year's FIBA World Cup held in China.
The Greek team didn't manage to repeat the triumph of 2006 when they beat the Americans...
Energy
US Ambassador Pyatt Calls Greece ''The Guardian of European Energy Security''
Speaking on Friday at the Southeast Europe Energy Forum 2019, currently taking place in Thessaloniki, the American Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said that Greece plays a leading role in the region in regard to energy-related issues.
Pyatt expressed the...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo vs USA in Mouthwatering Clash on Saturday
Greece progressed to the second round of the FIBA World Cup and will play the USA in a mouthwatering clash on Saturday in China.
The reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo will play for the first time against the US on...
Business
US Ambassador Says Opportunities for Investment in Greece Have Never Been Better
US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt stressed the US government's intention to do everything in its power to support economic growth in Greece during a press conference on Tuesday.
In remarks made just ahead of the opening of the Thessaloniki...
Diplomacy
US Ambassador, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Meet to Strengthen Ties
US Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Expatriate Greeks Antonis Diamataris met on Tuesday to discuss the strategic importance of Greek-US relations.
The two men discussed the strong ties between the two nations and issues...
Diplomacy
Iran Warns US Against Seizure of Oil Tanker Heading to Greece
Iran has warned the United States against the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker which has been released from Gibraltar and is now heading to the port of Kalamata in Greece, an Associated Press report says.
The ship, formerly known...