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Deadly collision throws spotlight on government’s migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe crossing from Libya, and for which the Greek Ombudsman recommended disciplinary charges against..., with Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias putting the blame for the incident on people traffickers
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agorastops” in Europe. Capital turned and fled for home, cutting off liquidity for one periphery country... the core offers only loans, then who is bailing out whom? Those are the questions that need an inquiry
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Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
PoliticsGreek Politicsin tax reductions. The cuts are expected to come from a government spending review, cutting... for tax cuts without putting the fiscal target at risk. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras is due... Democracy’s fiscal plans, which include the tabling of its first tax legislation towards the end
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policydeal signed last November between Ankara and the UN-recognized government in Libya’s Tripoli. Even... within the Turkish continental shelf” and that the agreement also violates Libya’s maritime rights... Libya maritime deal. Kastellorizo and the eastern part of Rhodes were left out, as was widely expected
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek Politics. Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims were members of the Greek armed forces who were part of an official mission to Libya to help
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara
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Greece working on plan for multilateral talks in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyin the proposal are Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and Libya. The conference does not include Israel... to be Ankara’s refusal to participate in any forum that excludes Turkish Cypriots, while Libya... from Libya to represent both factions. Whether conditions on the ground make this feasible remains
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
predecessor, right-wing Antonis Samaras, faced strong criticism after cutting the wages of military..., when Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was accused of failing to make any credible proposals... failing. The problem for Tsipras, though, is that he has to tread carefully with the military
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societythis year that it would be cutting emergency funding to Greece in a move that was widely condemned... to the islands, and for failing to provide adequate shelter to those who are stranded there as winter sets... to share tents with unrelated men, putting their privacy and safety at risk.” they said. EU Turkey deal
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