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Four days ahead of strike action scheduled for Thursday, February 4, the government appears unable to appease farmers in their social security demands. The intensity of the farmers’ reaction to planned measures with road blocks around the country appear to have surprised the government with fears that the situation could create a spill-over effect of discontent to other factions.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas spoke at Capital Link investment conference in New York and called on investors to show confidence and invest in Greece.

He referred to government’s new policies which aim to attract new foreign investments and promote exports.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas departs today for Romania, where he will represent Greece at the 33rd Meeting of the BSEC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which is taking place in Bucharest on 11 December 2015.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas on Friday called on Korean bussinessmen to invest in Greece speaking at the 2015 Greek-Korean business forum which was held at the Evgenidio Institute in Athens/

Addressing Korean businessmen, Mr. Mardas underlined that Greece has made structural reforms, a fact that makes it very attractive to foreign investments.

Greece and Russia are discussing the possibility of cooperation on tourism, said Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for International Economic Relations Dimitris Mardas on Friday when speaking to Praktorio 104.9 FM.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will carry out a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on 29 and 30 November 2015, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas, Deputy Industry Minister Theodora Tzakri, and a Greek business delegation.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas told Athina 9.84 FM radio station on Tuesday that the government would speed up the procedure for investments licensing.

“Taking into account that the licensing of investments may take 1 to 4 years, we plan to reduce it to six months. This would be a breakthrough,” he said.

Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for international economic affairs Dimitris Mardas talked about Greek government’s efforts to limit bureaucracy in licensing investments at the 9th Multi-Conference: “Innovation and Development” organized by the ka-business.gr.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas talked on Monday to Athina 9.84 radio station about government’s plan to turn a Greek island into a “summer Davos”

“We will hand over an area to the UN member states in order to build a lodge for conferences,” he said.

The photo exhibition, titled “Greece through the diplomats’ lens”, is currently featured at the “Melina Mercouri” Athens Cultural Center. Around 70 photos of Greece as seen through the eyes of foreign diplomats in Greece is presented in a display that showcases Greek antiquities, inviting Greek islands surrounded by the blue of the sea and sky.