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Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears to have set 165 as its target for the number of MPs’ votes it hopes to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing government sources and appears a logical goal in the wa...
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup Working Group held on Monday failed to narrow the differences on the fiscal gap foreseen by the Greek authorities, the European institutions and the IMF. Thus, the date of the mission chiefs’ return to Athens still remains unidentified and...
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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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Our cruel summer
Agoradecades, was almost certainly man-made and lit on routes used by migrants to make their illegal...” or “Pakistani” to be used liberally as a catch-all description for anyone deemed to be inferior or dispensable
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Greece reignites energy alliance talks with Israel and Cyprus amid US interest
PoliticsForeign Policyof President Trump, diplomatic sources acknowledge. Libya One country that is at the centre of interest for both Athens and Washington is Libya. The US is already including the North African country in a 4+1..., Turkey and Libya, aiming at resolving maritime disputes and, more specifically, the delimitation
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Another week of losses for Greek stock market amid topsy-turvy ride
Economyof the four bank stocks were among the top losers. The top-5 gainers this week were: Ellaktor (+5.5... remaining below the 100-million mark in all sessions, while the weekly average turnover landed at 73
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General government primary cash surplus narrows to 2.48 bln, arrears almost stable in Sept
EconomyMacroeconomymillion respectively corresponding to 5.5 and 4.7 percent of total. After the disbursement of the next... and Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) bank guarantees by 0.5 billion. Overall, gg guarantees landed
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