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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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Mitsotakis faces down critics over handling of forest fires
PoliticsGreek Politics, that the lack of human casualties proved the readiness of the state and the hospitable instincts of ordinary... of the response, stressing that the priority is the protection of human lives. He added... of human casualties and praise the efforts of the emergency services. This suggests
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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOmbudsman is also investigating the Coast Guard’s actions in relation to the sinking. Human rights advocates.... This is the second high-profile case of alleged human trafficking to be dismissed in recent months... a human trafficking network for lack of evidence. Migration and border control remain high
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politicssupport. NGO criticism Human‑rights organisations have sharply criticised the legislation, warning..., for activities that could be interpreted as facilitating irregular entry. Human Rights Watch has described... is complying with European Court of Human Rights rulings. Course of Freedom MPs demanded that Shipping
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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
by 2.5 and 5.5 percent, respectively. Earlier this week, ELSTAT published its second estimate of Greece..., Giorgos, was a royalist member of the party and was elected nine times as an MP for Thessaloniki. Apart... estimates from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) came in late August, just two weeks after
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New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government’s opponents are looking for other issues apart from the programme exit... is weaker than expected. The opposition party highlighted that the first estimate of growth in 2017..., it should be pointed out that apart from Liargovas’s previous connections to New Democracy
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
illnesses, but 207 of those were taken. The government is aware that apart from facing a potential health.... BoG has revised its forecast for Greek GDP, from 5.8 pct recession in its previous estimate, to 7.5... estimates for 9 pct recession this year and 6 pct growth in 2021, which suggests that Greece
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