Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis is to visit China on Thursday, accompanied by the general secretary of international economic relations and openness, Maira Myrogianni.
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit China on November 2-3, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
Greece’s credit rating upgrade by two of China’s agencies will attract more Chinese investors to Greece, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Xiao Junzheng said at an event in Athens on Monday.
Over the past few weeks, US and Chinese officials have proven more willing to talk. That’s good news for both countries and for the global economy.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met with Greek Development Minister Kostas Skrekas who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
The European Union has announced plans to better protect its cutting-edge technologies from foreign snooping that might threaten its economy and security in the wake of repeated warnings that the bloc needs to “de-risk” its relations with China.
The purchase agreement for 250 new electricity-powered buses to start circulating in Athens and Thessaloniki by the end of April was signed on Tuesday by Infrastructure & Transport Minister Christos Staikouras and Yutong Bus Co Lt CEO-Europe, Jack Li.
Greece was pronounced top island destination for 2023 at the awards ceremony of the most popular Chinese travel magazine Travel and Leisure that was held on Thursday in Beijing.
Greece and China signed a memorandum of collaboration to facilitate the exploration of academic opportunities at both countries’ universities, it was reported on Monday.
At the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum last week, Greece’s Deputy Minister of Culture Christos Dimas met with numerous cultural bodies from around the world.
The European Union could become as dependent on China for lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells by 2030 as it was on Russia for energy before the war in Ukraine unless it takes strong measures, a paper prepared for EU leaders said.
China and Turkey are reportedly nearing an agreement to build a nuclear power plant in the Eastern Thrace region of Kirklareli, according to Turkish media reports, citing Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, in a development which is expected to spark new tensions with the US.
China’s economy is slowing down. Current forecasts put China’s GDP growth in 2023 at less than 5%, far below the high growth rates that China enjoyed until the late 2010s. The Western press is filled with China’s supposed misdeeds: a financial crisis in the real estate market, a general overhang of debt, and other ills. […]
Cooperation between Greece and China on shipping finance is set to receive a boost after a conference held at the major Greek port of Piraeus on Wednesday.
In the last week of June and on the last day of his holiday in Greece, I met George Mitchell at Costa Navarino, in the Peloponnese. The American politician, diplomat, lawyer and former Democratic senator served as the majority leader of the United States Senate from 1989 to 1995. He 89 […]
Agri-food, high technology, construction materials, medical equipment, medicines and cosmetics, biotechnology and health services are sectors of interest for the development of cooperation networks between Greek and Chinese companies, according to the conclusions of a visit by a Chinese delegation to the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA).
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