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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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European centre-left suggests door is closed to SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe head of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Gianni Pitella, distanced himself on Thursday from the idea of SYRIZA joining the group, apparently leaving the Greek leftists somewhat isolated in terms of European politics. Pitella ...
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Mitsotakis hits back at Erdogan's rhetoric, but leaves door open for meeting
PoliticsForeign PolicyDuring Sunday’s press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rebut the latest aggressive rhetoric emanating from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while not ruling out the possibility ...
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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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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested that the institutions had made the best effort possible. Also, Slovakian Finance Minister Peter... of programme - that's mutual priority, debt restructuring is not on the table #eurozone #IMF — Peter
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Which way now, Mr Tsipras?
Agoraof them – such as Slovakia’s Peter Kazimir - felt no compuction about openly questioning.... No majority, no ownership could dent implementation of measures & reforms #Greece #eurozone — Peter
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras unveiled his proposals for the changes to the Greek Constitution on Monday night, indicating that he hopes it will be a process that engages voters and delivers political benefits for his government. The ideas set out by the prime ministe...
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