Section: Kathimerini (Greece)
Geoffrey Pyatt tapped as next US Ambassador to Greece
Geoffrey Pyatt, who currently heads the American Embassy in Ukraine, is set to become US ambassador in Greece. …read more Source:...
Pipe dreams: Gazprom courts southern Europe to exclude Ukraine
Russia’s Gazprom is counting on its deep natural gas ties with Italy to revive plans aimed at bypassing Ukraine as a transit state for politically sensitive gas shipments to Europe. …read more Source:...
Children and War | Athens | February 20
The Fyodor Dostoevsky Cultural Society in Athens is hosting an exhibition of paintings by children living in conflict-stricken areas in Syria and the Donbass region of Ukraine through February 28. …read more Source:...
US LNG firm’s Balkan plans via Greece
US firm Cheniere Energy is seeking to cooperate with Greece’s Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) and find a way into the Balkans through the country for American gas, with prospects including Ukraine too. …read more Source:...
Ten EU nations say Nord Stream gas extension not in EU interests
Russia’s plans to extend its gas link to Germany run counter to EU interests and risk further destabilising Ukraine, 10 European governments said in a letter to the European Commission that called for a summit-level debate on the issue. …read more Source:...
Siluanov says no Russian financing planned for Greece
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday that the country’s budget did not include plans to offer Greece financial help and that Russia did not plan to hold talks on restructuring Ukraine’s debt. …read more Source:...
Russian finance minister says budget doesn’t include plans to help Greece
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday that the country’s budget did not include plans to offer Greece financial help and that Russia did not plan to hold talks on restructuring Ukraine’s debt. …read more Source:...
Tsipras calls for end to ‘vicious cycle’ of sanctions
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday called for an end to the “vicious cycle” of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, while Russia’s President Vladimir Putin denied using Athens to sow discord within the EU. …read more Source:...
Russia, Greece to discuss EU sanctions, economy in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plan to discuss economic ties and the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow when they meet for talks next week, a Kremlin spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Greece opposes EU’s sanctions on Russia, Tsipras tells Tass
Greece opposes European Union sanctions imposed against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, denouncing the approach …read more Source:...
