Giorgos Gerapetritis

Fidan congratulates Gerapetritis for his appointment as FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan congratulated Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis on assuming his duties, in a phone call on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on a pos on Twitter.

The ministers had a discussion and agreed to meet on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, it added.

Gerapetritis in call with Italian counterpart about railways

The ministers responsible for transport in Greece and Italy hope to hold a face-to-face meeting in the near future, following a call between them on Friday.

During the discussion, Giorgos Gerapetritis and Matteo Salvini confirmed the common will to strengthen interstate relations in the field of transport, state-run news agency AMNA said.

Ex-judge says gov’t intervened to ban extreme-right party

With the Supreme Court having launched the proceedings sanctioned by a parliamentary amendment to increase the number of judges in the special chamber that will decide the electoral fate of the extreme-right party of jailed Ilias Kasidiaris, there was fresh political fallout on Wednesday after the top court's former vice president Christos Tzanerikos, who resigned last week, claimed the governm

European Commission to monitor upgrading of rail network

The European Commission will take part in the investigation into the causes of the deadly accident at Tempe on February 28, and also monitor the implementation of the contracts for the upgrading of the railway network, according to a decision on Tuesday during contacts made in Brussels by the minister of state, responsible for infrastructure and transport issues Giorgos Gerapetritis.

Commission wants to assist Greece in railway investigation and development

The European Commission wants to assist the Greek authorities in the official investigation into the causes of the Tempe railway disaster and in coming up with a railways framework that will be safer and more attractive to citizens, a government minister has said.

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