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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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EastMed pipeline close to high-level agreement, but still a long way from becoming reality
EconomyFeaturesas well as Jordan. Cyprus is still backing the building of an LNG terminal at Vassilikos... at the crossroads of a number of major energy infrastructure projects, including pipelines and LNG terminals... important to note that Egypt already has substantial under-utilised LNG export infrastructure, limiting
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Government attempts to offer reassurance against winter energy shortages
PoliticsGreek Politicsas long as LNG continues to be available. Among the reasons behind his optimism, the minister’s statement listed the increase in storage capacity at the country’s only LNG terminal at Revithoussa... stand ready to place additional orders for LNG and pipeline gas via the TAP pipeline
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France and Greece upgrade defence pact as regional and political risks loom
PoliticsForeign Policyand delivering practical solutions. Renewed engagement with Libya The visit of Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Monday to Tripoli, Libya, marked a significant step in revitalising bilateral... was another key topic during Monday’s talks. Gerapetritis noted that flows from western Libya to Greece
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Opposition calls on PM to change tack over Gaza as ND faces new corruption probe
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Israel since coming to power and has so far shown visible support for Prime Minister Benjamin...” negative view of Benjamin Netanyahu, while 32 pct had positive views. Nevertheless, the majority
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Govt gears up for arrival of Covid-19 vaccine amid virus flare-up in some areas
PoliticsGreek Politicswill begin on December 27, when the staff at five public hospitals will receive the jab. After.... It indicates that 67 pct of respondents are either sure they will get the jab or are leaning... to be vaccinated in the first three months of the jab being in circulation. The poll suggests that the more well
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Stricter Covid-19 restrictions mulled, but Greeks warming to vaccine
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they will probably get the jab. Almost two thirds (63 pct) of all those questioned said they would get the jab... they will have the jab, while 26 pct say do not intend to be vaccinated. Again, this survey indicates
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