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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims... as the government tries to hit back against its opponents via the media. Another is Interior Minister
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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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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
SocietyTV broadcast licenses. While the relationship between money, power and information is the subject... credibility on media regulation. This is the second time since the SYRIZA/ANEL coalition came... of corruption”, was a flagship campaign pledge for SYRIZA. Private TV channels have been on air in Greece since
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelationship with SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) as he expanded his presence in Greece, which includes... also established a presence in the local media, buying Ethnos newspaper and Epsilon TV, which take... parties when he attended the inauguration of the TV station after Savvidis took over the channel
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday criticising Skai TV and radio, which has been at the forefront of the rolling coverage... officials to appear on Skai TV and radio. The leftist party has had a long-running battle with Skai... towards New Democracy. Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) joined the boycott after its
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politics. The head of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) Panos Kammenos visited Mati with TV cameras... devasted by last Monday’s fire, on Monday morning without any TV cameras present. His visit came
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Mitsotakis responds to Tsipras challenge with proposals for broad changes to constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsto SYRIZA’s proposal of “religious neutrality” on the party of public authorities. In a TV interview over... for the alteration to be approved. The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition does not seem... leader Evangelos Venizelos. In a TV interview on Monday, Venizelos made it clear that he believes
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