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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby
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PM hails Chevron bid as vote of confidence amid mixed reactions to TIF package
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum which claims some of the maritime zones south of Crete. The prospect... of missteps in relations with Egypt and Libya have led his critics to question the credibility
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policy, Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
to explore for gas south of Crete was “unlawful”, arguing that it violates the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum and Libya’s declared maritime claims. Greece considers those claims null and void
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policy. Greece is also maintaining active engagement in Libya, with scheduled visits by the Foreign Minister... in Libya, promote stability and address pressing issues such as migration, while reiterating Greece’s
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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Deposits up again in December but credit contraction continues apace
EconomyMacroeconomyand profitability is the evolution of Greek banks’ non-performing loan (NPL) ratio, which jumped to 29.3.... Although the NPL formation shows a decelerating trend thereafter, the absolute figure is set to continue increasing. According to bank sources, NPL ratio rose close to 32 percent at the end of December
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National Bank starts 2014 posting net profit of 181 mln in Q1
EconomyBanking-performing loan (NPL) ratio rose by 50 bps QoQ to 23 percent with the rate of the Greek NPL accelerating to 100 bps in Q1 from 30bps in Q4. Management noted that a similar trend is also evident in Q2. NPL
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