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Baku and Turkmenbashi ports to cooperate on illegal goods control

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – Baku International Seaport and Turkmenbashi International Seaport have signed an agreement to...

Cocaine found on two ships in Vado Ligure

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2023 – Local law enforcement and customs officials have seized two quantities of cocaine in ships in Vado Ligure....

Large drug haul in Malta Freeport

Marsaxlokk, Malta (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – The local authorities have discovered 97 kilos of cocaine with a street value of over €11 million on...

Gioia Tauro is the main seaport for drug smuggling in Italy

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – The annual report on drug addiction in Italy in 2022, drawn up by the department for anti-drug policies, has...

EIB approves €250 mln loan for Divaca-Koper rail track

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has given final approval for an up to €250 million loan for...

Afghan company to invest $50 million in Anzali port, Iran

Anzali, Iran (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – An unnamed Afghan company will invest $50 million in the construction of three wharves in the Iranian Caspian Sea...

Port of Gioia Tauro is a hub for international drug trafficking

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 29, 2023 – The port of Gioia Tauro is a real hub for international drug trafficking, said prefect Vittorio Rizzi,...

Huge cocaine haul found in Port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 16, 2023 – Media reports say that police in Italy have seized 2.7 tons of cocaine hidden among 78 tons of bananas in...

SEE ports as key point for drug smuggling and illicit trade

Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – Dozens of seaports in Southeastern Europe (SEE) as well as Danube river ports are key entry and exit...

Slovenia receives one bid for the construction of rail and tunnel systems on the new rail link between Koper and Divača

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 9, 2022 – The authorities have received just one bid for the construction of rail and tunnel systems on the new rail...

Pfizer opens two new centres in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 13, 2021 – In an important development for the port-city, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis yesterday...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s remarks to press: U.S. Coast Guard visit to the Port of Piraeus

U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters Robert Goldman and Charles Moulthrope to the port of Piraeus – April 28, 2021 Kalimera!  Let me start by saying...

Greek Prime Minister meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Statements by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem – February 8, 2021...

Remarks by Greek Foreign Minister at the Greek-Arab Summit: Roundtable discussion of strategic partners

Remarks by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Greek-Arab Summit: Roundtable discussion of strategic partners – November 9, 2020 Your Excellency,...

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...

Slovenia government welcomes EU cohesion funding for Divača-Koper railway line expansion

Ljubljana, Slovenia (PortSEurope) September 13, 2020 – Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec has welcomed the allocation of €80 million...

Beirut explosion calls for attention at lack of port security: The Conversation

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 6, 2020 – The huge explosion in the port of Beirut calls to attention the tremendous consequences of a lack of port...

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,...

Piraeus Port Authority donates material to Kethea therapy center

PPA S.A. donation of sanitary material to the programme of the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals “KETHEA EN DRASI” (KETHEA IN ACTION) – June...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Interview with Greece’s MEGA TV

MEGA TV – Yiannis Moutsos – May 27, 2020 MEGA TV: Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for this interview. It’s quite an honor to have you at MEGA as...

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