Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Assistance of Slovenia to Lebanon during the explosion in Beirut
Slovenia decided to allocate a contribution of €200,000 to Lebanon for emergency humanitarian aid and to send an expert to coordinate international aid to...
Analysis – Port of Tripoli must replace destroyed Beirut as entry gate to Lebanon
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 8, 2020 – The second busiest Lebanese port of Tripoli is to take over the functions of Beirut port, obliterated by a...
Visit of Turkish Foreign Minister to Malta and Libya, August 5-6, 2020
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Malta and Libya on 5-6 August 2020 – August 6, 2020 Minister Çavuşoğlu met with Minister for...
Statement by Greek Prime Minister on signing of Maritime Zone Demarcation Agreement between Greece and Egypt
“My visit to the remote Halki, in the Dodecanese, takes place on a very important day for our country, international legitimacy and stability in the...
Statement by Greek Minister after signing of agreement on delimitation of AOZ between Greece and Egypt
Statement by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolaos Dendias, after the signing of an agreement on the delimitation of the AOZ between Greece and Egypt...
Tripoli port ready to step up and support supplies to Lebanon
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 5, 2020 – Following the destruction of the port of Beirut yesterday by a giant explosion, Ahmad Tamer,...
Government approves financial plan for Ukrainian seaports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 5, 2020 – The government has approved the 2020 financial plan for Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), according to...
Anaklia Development Consortium & principal international investor file arbitration claims against Georgia
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2020 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) and one of its principal investors have a filed a legal claim...
Strategic Dialogue Greece – USA: Teleconference of the Working Group on Trade and Investment
A teleconference of the Working Group on Trade and Investment was held on Wednesday, July 29, in the framework of the Greece-US Strategic Dialogue, with both...
Launch of new project to further enhance economic integration in the Western Balkans and Moldova
The European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) launched today a new project “Support to Regional...
An upward trend in bilateral relations between Serbia and Israel
Belgrade, July 28, 2020 First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic received today a farewell visit remarkable in and...
Croatia starts strategic review of inland waterways and ports
The initial conference of the project ‘Strategic documentation for the development of waterways and inland ports of Croatia for the period...
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Pyatt’s remarks at Alexandroupolis Port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – Today, U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, has visited the Greek port of Alexandroupolis,...
Agenzia ICE and Tencent (WeChat) sign agreement to promote and introduce Italian companies in China
Both parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Italian small and medium-sized enterprises to enter the Chinese e-commerce market at...
Iran proposes Hamidiyeh port as Syrian free trade zone
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – Economic Deputy of the secretariat of the Supreme Council of Iran’s Free Trade, Industrial and...
Statement by Greek minister from the Alexandroupolis Port Authority
Statement by Minister of Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, Giannis Plakiotakis, from the Alexandroupolis Port Authority – July 22, 2020...
Hungarian and Slovenian minister discuss transport
The Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec met in Budapest with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjárt and the...