Ecuador

The Argentine national team is preparing to face Ecuador in the Copa America semi-finals, and the players are taking a walk on the pitch to get familiar with the grass.

About two hours before Dibu Martinez carried Lionel Messi to the next phase after the missed penalty by the best soccer player on the planet, Argentina’s “bodyguard,” Rodrigo De Paul, spots his daughter in the stands.

Fruit and vegetable imports are up 12.49% in the first half of 2024, reaching 420,525 tonnes compared to 373,845 tonnes in the same period in 2023, according to data from the Association of Greek Fruit, Vegetable and Juice Exporters, INCOFRUIT-HELLAS.

Bulgaria continues to export fresh fruits and vegetables despite the prevalent perception that most of these goods are not locally produced. Ministry of Agriculture data from last year reveals that Bulgaria exported nearly 100,000 tons of fresh produce, with fruits accounting for over 70,000 tons and vegetables for the remaining 39,000 tons.

Greek police uncovered 21 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of one million euros, concealed in a container carrying bananas at the capital's port of Piraeus on Wednesday. 

The container, which originated in Ecuador, was deemed suspicious and X-rayed before police and sniffer dogs conducted a search.

US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis has rebutted a CBS News report alleging that Washington is considering referring migrants in Latin America for resettlement in Greece in a bid to discourage people in the region from traveling to the US-Mexico border.

"There is no such deal," Tsunis told Kathimerini about the news report.

Greek authorities confiscated some 46 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container with bananas aboard a vessel inspected at the port of Piraeus, police sources said on Tuesday.

Last week, Greece announced it had dismantled an international criminal group trafficking cocaine in shipping containers from Latin America to Europe.

Police in Athens have released images of last week's seizure of almost 110 kilograms of cocaine that was hidden in a container containing a cargo of frozen squid in Piraeus port on a vessel from South America.

The vessel on which the container was loaded had embarked from Peru, with its shipping documents stating that it was destined for Croatia.

New information has emerged about the discovery of a second container of cocaine in a container in the port of Piraeus this week.

The second shipment, found on Thursday, comprises 100 kilograms of cocaine, which was hidden among frozen squid.

Four men were arrested on Wednesday as authorities seized 210 kilograms of cocaine that was transferred from Ecuador to Piraeus port in a container with frozen shrimps.

The case involved an undercover operation lasting at least a month, during which a police agent managed to infiltrate the ranks of the drug ring.

Mexico and Ecuador cross swords at the United Nation's highest court Tuesday over an embassy raid to seize a former top Ecuadoran politician, with Mexican officials imploring judges to suspend Quito's U.N. membership.