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  1. PM announces more voter-friendly measures ahead of polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for pensioners whose retirement pay did not increase this year due to the so-called “personal difference... with the 72- and 120-instalment schemes to pay off their dues to the state will be allowed to rejoin... by the energy crisis. If they pay an amount equal to two of the missing instalments, they will be allowed

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  2. Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
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    EconomyFeatures

    to pay for handouts. The government, on the other hand, blames the austerity policies of its predecessors... incomes. The vast majority of middle-income households in Greece struggle to pay their necessary... 20,000 and 70-80,000 euros. Any attempt to define the target group explicitly is like nailing jelly

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  3. Greeks' confidence in democracy faltering, survey suggests
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    Society

    is also low, the report found. Only 11 percent respect MPs, compared to 51 percent who felt anger..., while a quarter said they feel anger towards him. One in three said they were apathetic towards Tsipras... percentages of anger. The report noted that the higher a respondent’s educational level, the greater

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  4. Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    process on the Syrian crisis, while also expressing “serious concerns over the situation in Libya.” The instability in Libya and the presence of jihadists there was highlight by the Egyptian president

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  5. Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019

    Newsletters

    reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal

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  6. In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a maritime agreement with Libya that infringes on Greece’s sovereign rights. Some commentators... with Libya is “null and void” because it ignores the exclusive economic zones of Greece’s islands, which he

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  7. Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020

    Newsletters

    with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... actions in Libya, as well as the two memoranda signed between Ankara and Tripoli. However, Turkey’s

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  8. Greece faces dilemma over how to address relations with Turkey

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    and especially in the "sea zone between Turkey and Libya". This is what İbrahim Kalin, special adviser... intervention in Libya that does not mean it is willing to risk damaging relations with Ankara in East

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  9. Athens on lookout as Ankara ramps up rhetoric and activity
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with regards to the Turkey–Libya sea memorandum by claiming that Turkey’s and Libya’s rights

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  10. Renewed concern over East Med as Turkey aims to resume drilling
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    were not acquired by Greece under international law and that they are Turkish territory. In Libya... and designated to enforce the UN Security Council Arms embargo on Libya in place since 2011.

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