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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe US House of Representatives approved last Thursday an amendment to the annual defence spending bill that restricts the sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernisation tools to Turkey unless the US president decided such a transfer is in America’s national interests.
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Ukraine war and Turkey tension top foreign policy concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicyFacing possible snap elections this autumn, there are two key issues of concern for the Greek government on the foreign policy front.
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Turkey climbs up agenda as snap election expectations grow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough there were no signs on Wednesday of Greece and Turkey being at loggerheads at the NATO summit in Madrid, concern among voters about relations between Athens and Ankara appears to have shot up since last month, according to a new opinion poll.
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Athens braces for Erdogan bargaining at NATO summit
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe annual NATO summit due to begin on Tuesday in Madrid comes at a critical time in the alliance's 73-year history.
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Turkey and Western Balkans top Greek agenda at European Council
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe government in Athens has launched a series of diplomatic contacts as part of its strategy to confront Turkey’s revisionist views, especially on the status of the Greek islands in the Aegean.
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe ratcheting up of tension between Greece and Turkey has given the ongoing speculation about Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calling snap elections this autumn an added dimension.
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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyRussia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moscow's growing influence in southeastern Europe and the EU membership applications by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova have forced the EU to pay attention again to its stalled enlargement drive
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Verbal exchanges with Turkey intensify, but voters still largely focussed on inflation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe war of words between Greece and Turkey went up a notch on Thursday due to an intervention by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but concern about the cost-of-living crisis still outweighs the worries caused by tension with Ankara, according to yet another opinion poll.
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Greek-Turkish relations at standstill as Athens counters Ankara's claims
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey has completely cut off bilateral talks with Greece following a relevant decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Tension with Turkey dominates government agenda at home and abroad
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government in Athens has turned its focus on the deteriorating relations with Turkey, raising the issue both on the international and the domestic stage.