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  1. Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    in Libya. Dendias reportedly briefed Raab on the Greek positions and “on the dangers that are being created... issued by the Interior Ministry, the private Dogan news agency reported. The Greek government

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  2. Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece

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  3. New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    approach on migration in response to increased arrivals from Libya also comes at a time when New... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster

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  4. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

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    PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...

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  5. Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020

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    with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... visit to the US since coming to power has solidified positive sentiment between Greece and the US... actions in Libya, as well as the two memoranda signed between Ankara and Tripoli. However, Turkey’s

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  6. Turkey and Western Balkans top Greek agenda at European Council

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    allies. Turkey carries a particular influence in Libya, a country of a special interest to Italy... process for the de facto reunification of Libya and called on all sides to avoid violence... with Sofia. Greece views the possible return of the nationalist VMRO party to power in Skopje

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  7. Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    arrivals to mark New Democracy’s six years in power. The prime minister launched an attack on his... Plevris, was refused entry to eastern Libya for negotiations. The measures include a three-month... Mitsotakis of resorting to anti-migration policies to deflect from the failure of foreign policy in Libya

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  8. New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    announcement plays into a staple of the government’s narrative since it came to power in 2019, of responsible... of migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby

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  9. Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
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    northern suburbs, such as Halandri and Vrilissia, destroying or damaging apartment blocks as well..., attempting to prevent the fire reaching their apartment buildings, and firefighters being aided... in power, including last year’s floods and snow blizzards during previous years. SYRIZA leader Stefanos

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  10. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

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    conservative MPs) will have to be convinced that this path can lead New Democracy back to power... of power in Europe very fast. It’s clear that we failed to have immediate results.” There are probably... to a great extent. The nub, though, lay in the details: how would the new government go about making

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