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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
Societywas also one of 10 EU member-states threatening to block the EU’s “sustainable finance taxonomy...-heavy electricity mix (using the proceeds from emissions trading), and return to service coal-fired
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Rule of law concerns in spotlight again as government focusses on farmers' grievances
PoliticsGreek Politicseconomic market battered by multiple financial crises, combined with the heavy influence... with the farmers to not block the country’s highways. It hopes that this week’s charm offensive, involving
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Newsletter 422 - 26/04/2024
Coury published its decision to block Spartiates on Wednesday, arguing that the party... could mean lower heavy lifting to reach this year’s goal of 2.1 pct of GDP, a level that it needs
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicspoint in a recent address. Mitsotakis said that he would block Turkey’s progress on other fronts.... In the past week, New Democracy has been accused of using heavy-handed tactics in a bid to avoid
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLast week’s unrest in government ranks over Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas referring to Greece’s neighbour as “Macedonia” sparked speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might part ways with coalition partner Panos Kammenos and his In...
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Hellinikon runs into another stumbling block as casino tender falters
EconomyFeaturesThe Hellinikon project appears to have run into delays again as complications have arisen in the tender for the permit to build a casino resort on the site of the former Athens airport. Earlier this month, Hard Rock International chairman Jim Allen made...
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been left to watch from afar the latest international diplomatic initiatives aimed at bringing an end to the longstanding conflict in Libya. Following Moscow’s recent unsuccessful efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis last Monday, Germany anno...
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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties are accusing the government of a foreign policy fiasco after it failed to veto a potential role for Turkey in the EU defence procurement package. The accusations come after PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggested that Greece would seek conce...
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has sought to further enhance its relations with Benghazi, primarily aiming to convince the parliament there not to ratify the 2019 Turkish–Libyan maritime memorandum, which Greece rejects as illegal. The issue was raised during talks last week i...
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared himself satisfied with the outcome of Friday’s EU-Turkey summit on refugees and said its content, particularly the references to the accession chapters that will open for Ankara, represented a diplomatic vict...
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