News archive of August 2020

Mytilineos subsidiary Protergia has announced its partnership with Milwaukee Bucks' Greek forward MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for the company's new campaign "Make the impossible happen."

Protergia has been active in the retail energy market since 2014.

The endless expansion of the topic related to amendments to the Constitution will make the procedure impossible, Bulgaria's Deputy Premier Tomislav Donchev said in an interview for BNR.

Turkey has lashed out at Greece for deploying troops to Meis (Kastellorizio) Island, just two kilometers away from the Turkish shores, in violation of 1947 agreements that pledge a demilitarized status to it amid ongoing tension between the two neighbors in the eastern Mediterranean.

British authorities say 16 coronavirus cases have been linked to a flight that brought UK tourists back from Greece, and everyone aboard has been told to isolate themselves for two weeks.

Public Health Wales says it is contacting almost 200 people who were aboard the Tui flight from the Greek island of Zante to Cardiff, Wales, on Tuesday.

Turkey's seasonal fishing season kicked off today after a five-month ban as fishermen hope for a fruitful season and a dramatic drop in fish prices in the new season.

The US and Greece share common strategic objectives, America's ambassador to Athens Geoffrey R. Pyatt has said, while hailing the country's role in containing Russian and Chinese influence in the region.

As many as 755 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded in Romania from the previous report following tests performed nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force reported on Monday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive result, says GCS.

The European Union's executive called on Monday for dialogue with Turkey and demanded that Ankara refrain from unilateral steps that stoke tensions in eastern Mediterranean.

Should dialogue not bear fruit, a spokesman for the European Commission told a briefing on Monday, the EU has already moved towards sanctions.

They all invited the small ethnic Albanian and Bosniak parties  - traditional Djukanovic allies that secured him a majority for decades - to join the new majority, saying no new government should be formed without them.

Turkey will launch a pilot scheme for its electronic hearing system in the new judicial year, the nation's justice minister said on Aug. 31.