Greece, the United States and South Korea have signed a €1.35 billion trilateral agreement to transform the Elefsina shipyards into a naval defense and submarine construction hub for the Eastern Mediterranean, with the deal expected to generate up to 10,000 jobs and contribute 0.8 percent annually to Greece's GDP over the next five to seven years.
The election of Donald Trump to the American presidency is Europe's last motivation to move from words to actions - not in a spirit of opposition to the US, since we have very close relations and these will be maintained - but to search for mutually beneficial solutions," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in response to a question during an event at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening.
United States Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Sue Biniaz expressed her enthusiasm that Greece will be hosting the 9th 'Our Ocean' Conference in April, and for the country's decision to focus on marine pollution, in an interview to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) journalist Ioanna Kardara published on Sunday.