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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign Policyunchallenged, the Greek government invited the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar... of a country that is of a significance to Europe and Greece,” Mitsotakis said. The Greek premier also... General Khalifa Haftar may have been enough for the Greek government to be excluded, with the UN
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ND braces for deeper economic impact from Covid-19, mulls more assistance
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the coronavirus on the Greek economy has moved down the political agenda for now. Nevertheless... sees at 8 pct, it does underline that many Greek businesses will have to weather at least too very..., that this is not the case on Greek islands, which have only just begun to receive tourists
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Landmark Golden Dawn verdict welcomed by parties, obscuring underlying divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat moment on, a combination of the criminal investigation, the cutting off of state funding for the party... was welcomed by all the parliamentary parties, provides closure on a dark period in Greek politics, when... not appear to be interpreted in the same way across the Greek political spectrum, even though
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Hercules nears end of its first cycle with National Bank's participation
EconomyBankingand the approval for the guarantee by the Greek state are underway, NBG said in a stock exchange filing... account for 18 pct, while consumer credit comprises 5 pct. Hercules was launched by the Greek government... that amount, with 27 billion euros of NPEs coming off the systemic banks’ books, within one year of operation
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
the Greek police but also indicated that many voters think the government handled the complaints of police brutality badly. According to the survey, 44% of respondents think the Greek police performs its... said they think Greek officers use excessive force, while 67% said they do not trust the police’s
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyand Exclusive Economic Zone rights for the Greek islands, including Crete. Both sides returned..., economy and trade that have been gathering dust for years. The Greek government also wants to push... further pressure to fragile Greek-Turkish relations. Erdogan is due to visit the island on July 20
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Verbal exchanges with Turkey intensify, but voters still largely focussed on inflation
PoliticsGreek Politicsto ratchet up tension between Athens and Ankara were a series of tweets in Greek (and English) from... exercises and Greek claims to including the island of Kastellorizo (which Erdogan referred to by its... to be a response to the Greek Foreign Ministry publishing earlier in the day a series of 16 maps which
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Athens ponders latest diplomatic moves by Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek and Cypriot officials spent much of the summer discussing how they would react in case Turkey... kilometers off the coast of Gazipaşa, in Antalya province. In fact, addressing the launch ceremony on August 9, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed aside the Greek and Greek Cypriot administrations
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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsas it seeks to get Greek voters on board ahead of next year’s elections. The PM also doused recent... material assistance to Greek households as they endure what is expected to be a challenging winter... include a one-off 250-euro “inflation cheque” for 2.3 million vulnerable citizens, 300 million euros
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PM sees stance on defence issues as vote winner for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there are ideological reasons for this, possibly dating back to the positions held by Greek leftists... that when his party was in power, in 2018, the Greek navy reacted unequivocally to the Turkish research... companies rather than being based on an agreement between the French and Greek states. On this point
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