A bipartisan group of members of Congress is calling on the US government to make the Great Sea Interconnector a priority of its policy in the Eastern Mediterranean, directly linking the electricity interconnection between Greece, Cyprus and Israel with the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and US strategic interests in the region.
 

The importance of US-Greece cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean was at the centre of a phone call between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis on Wednesday.According to a State Department statement, Rubio reaffirmed the strength of the bilateral relationship between the US and Greece, highlighting in particular cooperation in defence, energy, law enforcement and technology. He also thanked Greece for its role as a steadfast NATO ally.

The Greek Girls’ National Team has been battling hard in recent days at the EuroBasket U16 B’ Category taking place in Ioannina. Shortly after the Blue and Whites qualified for the promotion final to A’ Category, 16-year-old guard Lisa Itoya made a shocking post on Instagram.

A 59-year-old man has been charged with felony arson for allegedly setting six separate fires in the Sindos area near Thessaloniki, after confessing to prosecutors that he lit the blazes to relieve work-related stress.