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Mitsotakis shifts focus to tax plan, investment, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicson a popular morning TV show on Sunday for an extended interview, during which he went into some detail... squad raided an apartment in Athens. The officers arrested three people and seized arms and ammunition
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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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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the media. Although the move reflects the controversy that surrounded the failed TV permits tender... paid the price for the drawn-out legal battle over the TV licences and the growing tension... Ministry to the Interior Ministry. Skourletis had recently been openly opposed to the government’s
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be pre-approved by the Labour Ministry. In an interview with Star TV on Wednesday, government... Skai TV that he believes it is wrong to agree to sell PPC units under tight schedule imposed.... Skourletis Interior Minister Panos Skourletis toned down on Wednesday his reaction to the potential sale
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis matter. Speaking to ANT-1 TV on Wednesday, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said that Kammenos’s... on Tuesday to Skai TV, shadow defence minister Vassilis Kikilias suggested that New Democracy would
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Outright majority in sight for ND as campaign takes detour through recent past
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he left,” the SYRIZA leader told Open TV, adding that Karamanlis was responsible for waste... benches in Parliament next to KINAL. Opinion poll A new opinion poll by Pulse for Skai TV is the latest... and electing the former conservative interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos as president of the republic
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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek Politicsa year-long SYRIZA embargo on Skai TV, where he is due to appear on Tuesday night for a live interview... to power is not halted by a low turnout. In an interview on Skai TV on Monday, Mitsotakis also..., may take over the Interior Ministry, Nikos Dendias might become the next foreign minister, Yiannis
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