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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsand equipment in the coming months, while total extra spending on defence could reach 10 billion euros over... the improvements so the 84 aircraft can join the Viper class is due to last until 2027 at a total cost... as an opportunity to profit. Left-leaning Efimerida ton Syntakton warned about this danger its
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics. There were 13 more deaths, taking the total to 655. Perhaps the most worrying aspect of recent... of Covid-19 patients are available and 63 have been taken up. Across Greece, there are a total... on the pressure by accusing the government of a series of missteps and being in danger of losing control
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Vaccination scheme gearing up as more jabs arrive, but some scepticism persists
PoliticsGreek Politicson Tuesday, reaching a total of 100,000 doses by the end of the year. This is to be followed... also arrive during the spring to bring the total for Greece to 28.3 million doses. According... it is “100% safe” and accusing the government of putting the public in danger by manipulating public
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
Covid-19 cases – the highest daily total so far this year – while seven hospitals in Athens ran out... from 1,673 in mid-February to over 2,100, while 90 Covid ICU beds have been added bringing the total..., the government is in danger of losing the political capital it had built up from the competent handling
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign Policyto enhance NATO’s capabilities. Sources in Ankara underline yet another possible danger for Athens. If US... Dendias described the total of 215 bilateral and multilateral agreements signed in the last three... with the United Arab Emirates. A huge arsenal followed by a total of 215 bilateral and multilateral
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign Policya cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey, towards Libya’s shores. Also, being on the “wrong... have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey to the Libya’s shores. Athens believes... naval mission to Libya on March 31. The new operation is named after the Greek word for peace “Irini
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policydeal signed last November between Ankara and the UN-recognized government in Libya’s Tripoli. Even... within the Turkish continental shelf” and that the agreement also violates Libya’s maritime rights... Libya maritime deal. Kastellorizo and the eastern part of Rhodes were left out, as was widely expected
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara
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Greece working on plan for multilateral talks in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyin the proposal are Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and Libya. The conference does not include Israel... to be Ankara’s refusal to participate in any forum that excludes Turkish Cypriots, while Libya... from Libya to represent both factions. Whether conditions on the ground make this feasible remains
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