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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
, ahead of their recapitalisation. The remaining amount of 310 million concerns the 90 percent of HFSF... Sakellaridis also played down the comments from Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Labour Minister Panos Skourletis regarding the IMF. He insisted that there was no way Greece would enter the IMF’s
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Newsletter 438 - 25/10/2024
advisory function, creates roles for Androulakis’s biggest rivals in the elections, as a way... Kaklamanis, had earlier tried to corner Energy Minister Theodoros Skylakakis with a parliamentary question... details of overseas voters from the Interior Ministry and use them for campaign mailshots. The party
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes... on the issue of Libya. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Tuesday press reports that Greece
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policythat a comprehensive political solution is the only way to resolve the Libyan crisis and regain stability in Libya... actions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government ranks about a spike in arrivals from Libya, particularly on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete... said that he was weakened by events at the congress. Both opposition parties are way behind New... Kroesser, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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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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No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis, inferior, deal. The opposition party is trying to find a way of criticising ND’s handling..., pact signed with Italy, which paves the way for a delimitation of exclusive economic zones, is due... as Turkish provocations in the East Med, including its own maritime agreement with Libya
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