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Omnibus bill prompts no more than rumblings of discontent from coalition MPs
PoliticsGreek Politicsinstalments between October and February, rather than the six that were originally planned to start... Democracy rather than SYRIZA. Overall, the displeasure expressed by SYRIZA lawmakers appears to have been... of causing problems. In 2012, he walked out of New Democracy shortly after being elected as an MP
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyas an illegal maritime memorandum between Turkey and Libya, which cast doubt over the continental shelf.... For more than 15 years these talks have never stopped even though they have not produced tangible... to key problems, such as the delineation of maritime zones, can be found. The Cyprus issue is adding
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Greek-Turkish enmity to continue as polls loom, sea borders come into play
PoliticsForeign Policy‘casus belli’ is unacceptable, Katrougalos stressed that the issue is what Greece, rather than... neighbouring countries, including Albania and Libya. But timing is everything, they note. The same... as Turkey having problems with NATO, the United States and the European Union. Akar also stated that Greece
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Blinken visit highlights Greece's growing role as key regional partner
PoliticsForeign Policythen, our troops have been training more closely in more places than ever. And that’s strengthening our... avoided mentioning any specific plan on how the two countries could finally resolve their problems, after their national elections. The Libya issue was also raised by the US official, who distanced
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Greece cheaper than average for majority of categories except food, most expensive for communications
Societyas postal services and the internet. The country came in 57.6 percent higher than the EU average... prices were 5.2 percent higher than the EU average, ahead of Germany and the Netherlands. In other areas, Greece emerged with lower than average prices. Housing costs and prices in Greece came
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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Turkish provocations in the East Med, including its own maritime agreement with Libya... a neighbouring state that respects the law, Greece has no problem asserting its full rights. The message is that Turkey is the problem in the Aegean, where Greece’s territorial waters remain at 6 miles
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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
week has been dominated by payouts, protests and a memoir that hints at comeback. Prime Minister... be deposited earlier than scheduled, starting on 24 November. He framed this as the opening salvo... the restoration of democracy. But Ithaca is more than a reckoning with the past. Its forward‑looking
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Greeks consider antisemitism a minor issue despite recent attacks
Societythis form of discrimination is not a major problem despite a recent wake of such attacks... found that in Greece, the majority of the survey’s respondents felt that antisemitism is not a problem in Greece. The majority (37 percent) said that antisemitism was not a problem at all in Greece
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President..., Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias described as “more than provocative” Turkey’s latest moves. He also
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Outdoor gatherings with hint of protest raise concerns over relaxation of lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicshave attributed a political flavour to the events, there are hints that the evidence of growing... than “letting off steam” after the lockdown and to discourage any attempt at exploiting them... to a hastening, rather than a slowing down of lockdown relaxation. During a regular briefing
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