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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policypresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York, Ankara is due to begin this Monday scientific surveys... Reis, will conduct surveys in parts of the Aegean Sea. The move is seen in Athens as a sign of Ankara... role. Libyan angle There was a lukewarm reaction from Ankara to Greece's release of its maritime
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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 4.47 billion noted in September 2019, the final Finance Ministry (MoF... during the first nine months of the year. Personal income tax (PIT) was below target by 763 million
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After local elections in Turkey, Athens hopes recent tension with Ankara will ease
PoliticsForeign Policy; secondly the deterioration of US–Turkish relations, especially due to Ankara’s intention to purchase.... Following the visit of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Ankara last January, the two countries have... be interpreted as sending a specific message to Ankara. For instance, the declaration said
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Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
PoliticsForeign Policyfor the resumption of talks between Athens and Ankara following the recent improvement in bilateral... as Athens would have hoped. The Greek side was prepared for Cavusoglu to reiterate Ankara’s complaints regarding the issue of the eight Turkish servicemen that Ankara wants extradited but had
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Athens steps up diplomatic efforts amid ongoing friction with Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyas relations with Ankara remain the number one foreign policy issue for Athens. Greek authorities were... this tension and move away from the intense verbal exchanges with Ankara mainly around the issue... with Ankara so as to restore channels of communication, which is seen as an important element to avoid
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Athens treads cautiously as Ankara keeps prodding in Aegean
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnkara possibly thinking there is an opportune moment to advance its claims in the Aegean and Eastern... Mediterranean and Nagorno-Karabakh. Additionally, Ankara may have calculated that there would be little cost...) that claims to be within its own continental shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Athens gears up for exploratory talks with Ankara after long hiatus
PoliticsForeign PolicyKougiou, who has served as an Ambassador to Ankara, and Ifigeneia Kanara who is currently... of the continental shelf and, most recently, the Exclusive Economic Zone. The Turkish side has repeatedly.... There is no doubt that Ankara would reject any extension of the Greek territorial waters in the Aegean while
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Athens and Ankara keep eyes on domestic audiences as talks continue
PoliticsForeign Policyreiterated Ankara’s intention to defend its interests in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. Fidan... to media reports, Ankara believes that some points of the research activities fell with the Turkish... for the Greek side - the issue of the continental shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone. In Greece, beyond
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyand Exclusive Economic Zone rights for the Greek islands, including Crete. Both sides returned.... This was made clear during Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ recent visit to Ankara and the trip made
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Cyprus talks rolling again but Athens seems sceptical
PoliticsForeign Policywithin the Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone in June complicates matters. Following this week’s... twice dropped hints about Eide working in Turkey’s interest. Without specifically naming Eide, during... be raised following the referendum and an adequate period of time that would allow Ankara to be involved
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