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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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Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
Economyrevenue targets included revenues of 884 million euros from the first two instalments of the new
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Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek general government (gg) primary cash balance showed a surplus of 2.18 billion euros in 2014 from deficit of 884 million in 2013, according to the gg bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Friday. However, the end-year figure of 2.18 billion euros was 1.5 billion lower than
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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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Athens goes over energy plans, eyes enhanced role
PoliticsForeign Policyfor interconnecting Egypt, Cyprus and Greece. - LNG: As global energy demand rises, the market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expanding, prompting Greece to upgrade the Revithoussa LNG Terminal. There are plans for the construction of a floating LNG facility in northern Greece. Both projects will play
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyto global LNG imports. The meeting was arranged days after Russian energy giant Gazprom cut off supplies... a connection with TAP, which carries gas from Azerbaijan. Additionally, suppliers of LNG could be Qatar... to contribute to Europe’s gradual reduction of gas dependency by increasing their production and LNG
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Ionian gas deal strengthens government's aspiration of becoming US energy gateway
PoliticsGreek Politicsgateway for American liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Europe. The agreement grants ExxonMobil a 60 pct..., recently booked capacity to transport US LNG from the Revithoussa terminal to Ukraine via... discussed LNG supply with President Zelenskyy shortly thereafter. The Vertical Corridor’s activation
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PM briefs EU leaders on migration stance as Turkey tries to pin blame on Greece
PoliticsForeign Policythat Turkey has usually interpreted it. Libya There is a possibility of a ceasefire in Libya within the next.... But, according to government spokesman Steffen Seibert, Merkel told Haftar that the situation in Libya... that will take place in Libya's international waters aiming to preserve the UN arms embargo. The new
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