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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLast week’s unrest in government ranks over Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas referring to Greece’s neighbour as “Macedonia” sparked speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might part ways with coalition partner Panos Kammenos and his In...
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Hellinikon runs into another stumbling block as casino tender falters
EconomyFeaturesThe Hellinikon project appears to have run into delays again as complications have arisen in the tender for the permit to build a casino resort on the site of the former Athens airport. Earlier this month, Hard Rock International chairman Jim Allen made...
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been left to watch from afar the latest international diplomatic initiatives aimed at bringing an end to the longstanding conflict in Libya. Following Moscow’s recent unsuccessful efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis last Monday, Germany anno...
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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties are accusing the government of a foreign policy fiasco after it failed to veto a potential role for Turkey in the EU defence procurement package. The accusations come after PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggested that Greece would seek conce...
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Collapse of Cyprus talks, "Justice March" raise risk of offshore drilling standoff
Agoradrillship West Capella is currently en route to Cyprus and is scheduled to arrive in Block 11... and Eni of Italy begin exploratory drilling in Block 11 of the Cypriot exclusive economic zone (EEZ... in Block 11, which is located to the southwest of the divided island. Total acquired the rights
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Hydrocarbons add to tension between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policyto reach Cyprus' block 3 for hydrocarbon research when it was impeded. Turkey is currently conducting military exercises close to Cyprus's Block 2 and 3 and has blocked the area using a NAVTEX... in Cyprus' block 6. On his return to Ankara, Erdogan revealed that his government was uncomfortable about
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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
PoliticsForeign Policysaid last Friday. US energy giant ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum filed the winning bid for block 10 and Italy’s Eni and France’s Total for block 6. Eni also won block 8. Nicosia is worried about... drilling in block 9, Turkey reacted by sending its seismic vessel Barbaros to collect data in Cyprus’s EEZ
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Ankara directs ire at Athens over ruling on soldiers as Cyprus talks drift
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey’s Foreign Ministry blamed “political motives” for a decision this week by a Council of Appeals’ Court Judges in Athens to block to block the second extradition request for Turkish soldiers who..., including block 6, for seismic research and military exercises with live ammunition. Block 6
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Reshuffle rumours doused as Androulakis tries to increase pressure on PM over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the paving over of the crash site just days after the accident. Androulakis interview PASOK... (as in the case of the paving over of the crash site) and protecting political figures from facing
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The nightmare of our choice
Agorathorough or why operational decisions, such as paving over the crash site, were taken... for the government) aspects of the Tempe story – such as, the alleged chemical load and the paving over
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