Alexandroupoli

Bulgaria and Greece could use their resources so that they use the Black Sea and the Danube and we - the Aegean Sea, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said, BNR reported.

Talking to the US and Greek ambassadors to Bulgaria, Borissov pointed out that the possibility of constructing a road between Alexandroupolis and Dimitrovgrad, thus linking the Black and Aegean seas, would be discussed.

As Greece struggles to manage the biggest spike in migrant and refugee arrivals since the start of the crisis in 2015, the Hellenic Coast Guard intercepted 116 people sailing from Turkey in three separate incidents on Tuesday morning alone.

The government and state sell-off fund TAIPED have agreed to two simultaneous but not interconnected tenders for the concession of the port authorities of Alexandroupoli (pictured) and Kavala, to be announced in the first quarter of 2020 in the context of the new privatizations program.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday signed the Protocol of Amendment to the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA).

The United States and Greece are working together in the Eastern Mediterranean to expand regional cooperation, including through the "3+1" grouping with Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, the State Department said on Friday, as its head Mike Pompeo started his two-day visit to Athens.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is greeted upon his arrival in Athens on Friday evening by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. The two men will ratify on Saturday the amendment to the Greece-US Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA). The new agreement concerns the use not only of Souda Base but the air bases of Stefanovikeio and Larissa in central Greece and Alexandroupoli port.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will welcome US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Athens on Friday evening, the ministry said in a press release.

After appointing new administrations to the port authorities of Volos, Kavala, Igoumenitsa and Corfu, state sell-off fund TAIPED is expected to decide by end-October on the utilization of another 10 regional ports, including Alexandroupoli.

Talks between Athens and Washington on modernizing the mutual defense cooperation agreement between the two NATO allies is close to completion, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos tells Kathimerini in an interview.

The Adamantios Korais ferryboat will be inaugurating a new service between the port of Alexandroupoli in northern Greece and the north Aegean island of Samothraki on Monday.