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  1. Countdown begins for multi-bill, coalition eyes minimum wage increase
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    EconomyProgramme

    for low-income pensioners that will be worse off next year as a result of reductions to the EKAS... state of finances at the unified social security fund, EKAS, allows for some “injustices

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  2. The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context

    EconomyFeatures

    special arrangements, started phasing out the social solidarity benefit EKAS, harmonised..., though the increase has been slightly counterbalanced in practice by the phasing out of EKAS

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  3. PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and an ongoing push toward privatisation. He drew attention to some 6,500 vacant doctor posts and 20,000... halt to any privatisation push. Reports compiled over the last few years by experts at the OECD, World... that hospitals and health centres nationwide have been renovated, that staff numbers are rising alongside

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  4. Territorial waters, hydrocarbon research cause friction between Athens and Ankara
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to try to convince them that Greece is set to snatch 40,000 square kilometres from Libya's continental shelf. Akar also claimed that Turkey and Libya almost have neighbouring sea borders (EEZ or continental shelf). The signs are that Turkey is seeking a more active role in Libya. Akar's statements

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  5. Turkey's move in Mediterranean puts Mitsotakis under pressure domestically
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    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 authority to sign such agreements... and creation of EEZs. Greece has also threatened to expel Libya’s ambassador in Athens. Mitsotakis has had

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  6. Athens ups diplomatic effort as Turkey plans hydrocarbon research in Greek continental shelf
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    on the memorandum signed with the UN-recognised government in Libya’s Tripoli (GNA). Athens has also asked from... that Ankara has demarcated from its shores to the point where its sea borders meet Libya, based... Ankara for the sake of either the EU-Turkey deal on migration, or developments related to Libya

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  7. Athens poised to take next steps on maritime borders
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    deposits by US ExxonMobil southwest of Crete provoked the reaction of Libya’s GNA government... and the Exclusive Economic Zone when there is a relevant agreement with Libya. The same diplomatic.... The same sources believe that this move could lead Greece and Libya to refer their dispute to the ICJ

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  8. Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with flows to the Italian and Greek (from Libya to Crete) coasts. Europe is offering a "strategic... urgently needs Egypt to control migration flows from its borders with Libya and, secondly, to improve its... not control the border with Libya, from where Sudanese refugees and Egyptian migrants cross

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  9. Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    treaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries... in which the main prize was Libya, and its vast oil resources. Turkey protests that it is being hemmed... of Greece with which it has not signed an EEZ agreement namely, Libya but also Albania. For the latter

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  10. ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort

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