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Government tries to shake off OPEKEPE stigma as PASOK struggles to make gains
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGeroulanos in a run-off vote last year, when a leadership election was triggered by PASOK’s mediocre showing
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EU meets on refugee crisis, bailout review but Greece's immediate fate seems sealed
PoliticsForeign PolicyCoeuré and Marco Buti, director of the EU commission’s economics department, was the latest attempt
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Fighting fake news is a "to be or not to be" battle
Agorathis information threat ‘infodemic’. Before him, the President of the WHO, Tedros Gebresius, said the same
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Greece’s downstream oil industry adapts to shifting demands
EconomyFeatures, followed by Iran (until sanctions in 2012), Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. As of January this year... oil to Greece before sanctions cut that line off. A similar event affecting any of the country’s... obvious why Greece needs to wean itself off its export portfolio being led by refined oil products
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen suspended following a deadly shipwreck which took place off the coast of the Peloponnese on Wednesday. The sinking of a fishing boat believed to be carrying migrants from Libya to Italy has claimed... events were called off, while interim Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas declared three days of national
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Mitsotakis touts benefits of energy deals against backdrop of criticism
PoliticsGreek Politics. The PM has shrugged off criticism from his predecessor Antonis Samaras, who accused the government... exploration off the southern coasts of Crete and the Peloponnese. For Mitsotakis, the agreements represent... in the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime pact. Greece disputes the legality of the pact; however, last week Turkey’s
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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