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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
Societygeneration within the 7GW overall target for wind power. Beyond the existing national commitments..., Greece is licensing new gas-fired power stations, as well as using previous rounds of EU funding... phasing-out of natural gas – including an eventual ban on all new fossil-fuel boilers
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Parties ponder next steps as dust settles following local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot significantly alter the balance of power nationally. For social democrats PASOK, the results which saw... of their respective negotiating power in the European elections..... The heavy-handed statements had been blamed for the eventual defeat of the party’s candidate
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politics, the fact that the PM has already tweaked his cabinet numerous times since coming to power in 2019 means... at ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new
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Tsipras and Erdogan keep conversation going despite lack of specific gains
PoliticsForeign Policyscope of his visit to Ankara by underlying that "we should first lay the foundations and then build..., he said he expected more cooperation from Greece on their extradition. Earlier, Turkey's Interior
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Govt’s “zero tolerance” approach to violent protest provokes accusations of authoritarianism
PoliticsGreek Politicsa continuum between violent protest and terrorism, and to lay the political responsibility... the police’s actions, with former Interior Minister Alexis Charitsis calling them a “paroxysm
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Tsipras resignation opens up debate about SYRIZA's future
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical secretariat is now expected to convene over the weekend to lay out the roadmap for leadership... served in the interior ministry before becoming development spokesman in opposition. A third name which
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Newsletter 288 - 12/03/2021
feels it can profit from being seen to highlight a darker side to New Democracy. power.... Apartment prices increase 4.2 pct in 2020 Rise in Q4 slowed to 2.6 pct The latest quarter’s... of apartments in Greece came to 2.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 from
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
coming to power in July as he came face to face with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and lost... reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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