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Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent the message that “regardless of the US election result, Greek-American relations are strategic and will not be affected in terms of content” in his meeting with the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

The Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability in the Blue Economy was held with great success, in the framework of the project “Blue Innovators of Piraeus”, an initiative of the Municipality of Piraeus to highlight the innovative action of blue economy businesses.

The Letta and Draghi reports serve as a "wake-up call" for the EU, Greek Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said in Luxembourg on Tuesday, where he took part in the Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings.

The objective of the new Commission is to lower energy prices in Europe, which are higher than in the rest of the world, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference today with International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol on support for Ukraine’s energy security next winter.

Skopje's Criminal Court, on Thursday sentenced former Secretary General of the Government Dragi Rashkovski to eight years' jail in a first-instance verdict. He was found guilty of abuse of office and money laundering in the case known in North Macedonia as the "Software" case.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

By train to Kyiv - Macron, Scholz and Draghi arrived in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived by train in the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The United States has urged its citizens not to travel to Ukraine because of information that Russian forces have captured two American citizens. Zelensky met in Kyiv with Dritan Abazovic and Edi Rama.
Macron told Zelensky that Kyiv is obliged to negotiate with Moscow.

The Secretary General of the European People's Party (EPP), Antonio Lopez, said in an interview with "NEA" newspaper that he agrees with the initiative of the Greek government to take unilateral measures to alleviate citizens' energy costs in the absence of a coordinated European framework. Mr. Lopez visited Athens and spoke at the New Democracy Congress.

The Italian ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the foreign ministry over Draghi’s comments

Italy's total coronavirus-related deaths surpassed 100,000 on Monday as a resurgence in the pandemic prompts Mario Draghi's government to consider additional restrictions.