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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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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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Newsletter 346 - 15/07/2022
that the leader of the winning party, even if that party does not have a clear majority, should be PM... inflation has on the Greek economy. According to the latest estimate, the Greek economy will grow by 4 pct this year, up from the previous estimate of 3.5 pct in the spring forecasts at the end of May
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agora. Each troika demand squeezed a little more life out of the coalition until it became clear... a government. They are highly unlikely to reach the 36 to 38 percent bracket they need for a clear... in serious danger of being unable to meet its debt obligations over the next few months. Even if SYRIZA
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Kostas Karamanlis as comeback kid?
Agorahas no intention of standing down. Samaras has been clear that he will not launch leadership... to insist that his leadership is not in question, it is clear that Samaras’s only hope of survival... critics within the party from making it clear that they believe he should go as soon as possible
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Macedonia and other Greek words
Agorawho had backed the demonstration, including New Democracy, making it clear they were not welcome..., conservative party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a recorded message in the afternoon, once it was clear... was dismissed as a gathering of extremists and other fringe elements by some ministers. It should be clear
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SYRIZA readies itself for election battle, Mitsotakis pledges pension overhaul
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting of SYRIZA’s central committee on Monday is expected to clear the path for the cabinet... campaign. If the changes are made this week, Tsipras will have a clear run until September 8, when he... in fiscal terms since the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target is not in danger. Nevertheless
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Take your seats
Agorawas strongly criticised for the Mati disaster. To be clear, Tsipras’s goal at the next elections..., or denying New Democracy a clear/comfortable majority so that the leftists are in a more powerful position... have provided a fresh test for Tsipras and made it clear that he needs to improve his performance
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsI was a seed.” It is not clear what the latter sentence is a reference to but it should be noted... a settlement on the Cyprus issue is one such example. The biggest danger that Kotzias’s departure... in this inter-governmental feud, it is clear Tsipras knows he cannot lose Kammenos and risk
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Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfailing to clear the first hurdle, SYRIZA is also in a political battle with New Democracy over... in a very difficult position within the church and Tsipras in danger of losing someone he has... Apart from the promise of positions in the civil service, another clear sign that elections
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