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Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo
PoliticsForeign Policywith flows to the Italian and Greek (from Libya to Crete) coasts. Europe is offering a "strategic... urgently needs Egypt to control migration flows from its borders with Libya and, secondly, to improve its... not control the border with Libya, from where Sudanese refugees and Egyptian migrants cross
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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policytreaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries... in which the main prize was Libya, and its vast oil resources. Turkey protests that it is being hemmed... of Greece with which it has not signed an EEZ agreement namely, Libya but also Albania. For the latter
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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... deems not be in line with international law. In the notes, Libya claims that Greece’s maritime agreement... spokesman Stelios Petsas. The centre-right MP called for Athens to “toughen its stance” regarding Libya
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal
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Politics trumping economic prudence in Greece
AgoraThe politics of the Greek recovery narrative is consistently trumping prudence. For those who refuse to be blindsided by the staged recovery euphoria there is enough evidence on the ground in Athens to be concerned about during the past week. After receiving preliminary news of the Greek economy’s
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeteriorated over the last few years. Judges and prosecutors staged lengthy strikes to protest their wage
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
since Athens staged the summer Olympics in 2004. Tourism arrivals in 2014 are on course to surpass
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Is there (sustainable) growth in Greece?
Agora. In 2013 more than 17.5 million tourists visited Greece, numbers not seen since Athens staged
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As negotiations start, Greek coalition draws confidence from public opinion
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe fact that between 5,000 and 10,000 people staged a public rally in Athens last week after the ECB’s
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