A great increase of 34.2% was recorded in the trade deficit of the country in September this year, due to the continuing growth of imports and a further reduction of Greek exports.

President Anastasiadis started a busy week with a flash visit to the UAE for the F1 race, back to meetings on Cyprus, not least with Barca, and heart surgery in NY.

The US Vice President Joe Biden met with the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox church, Patriarch Bartholomew I, in the Istanbul district of Fener.