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Ankara springs surprise on Athens with Libya maritime deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum with Libya. The MoU was signed after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held.... Additionally, Libya and Ankara argue that they have common sea borders, ignoring the island of Crete... the Turkish coastline of Marmaris-Fethiye-Kas and Libya’s coastline of Derna–Tobruk–Bordia. Whatever the deal
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Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
PoliticsForeign Policyto contest and challenge in practical terms Greek sovereign rights via the Libya-Turkey memorandum. Commenting on the attitude of Turkey and the memorandum with Libya, Mitsotakis announced the intention of Greece to approach Libya on a number of issues, including the beginning of talks
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Migration opens new front for government after Libya snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the border of Libya where it had arrived for talks on managing Mediterranean boat crossings. Plevris was part... managing migration flows to Europe from the breakaway region of eastern Libya. Scheduled talks... Libya stem the flows to ease pressure on the island of Crete, which has seen a steep increase
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policywith Libya The Greek Foreign Minister is to travel to North Africa again at the end of the month visiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s...’s active presence in Libya. For the same reasons, they were also opposing the 2019 Turkish-Libyan
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Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe two note verbale recently submitted to the United Nations by Libya underlined that relations... the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, which Greece and the EU have repeatedly declared null and void... to the diplomatic notes from Libya’s Tripoli-based government, the Greek government believes the move
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Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyto be heard” government sources insisted. However, Athens was again not invited to the so-called Libya process meeting that took place last week. Libya The same issue dominated talks Mitsotakis held last week.... It should be noted that Turkey and Libya are not bordering countries and, most importantly, Egypt
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agorahealth care, lack of modern units, limited use of new technology, an almost total absence of control... rate, with total expenditure on health rising from 14.7 billion euros (8.6 percent of GDP) in 2003... had taken to combat the virus. “No measure can replace personal responsibility,” he said last
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
related to the coronavirus, with another 310 patients intubated around the country. The number of new... on the availability of beds. On Sunday, it said there are a total of 1,063 ICU beds across the country, of which 734 were occupied, leaving just 31 pct of all ICU beds are free. However, only 420 of these total beds
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PM briefs EU leaders on migration stance as Turkey tries to pin blame on Greece
PoliticsForeign Policythat will take place in Libya's international waters aiming to preserve the UN arms embargo. The new... that Turkey has usually interpreted it. Libya There is a possibility of a ceasefire in Libya within the next.... But, according to government spokesman Steffen Seibert, Merkel told Haftar that the situation in Libya
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Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policyon the sidelines of NATO Summit, in London in early December. Libya concerns Athens is also closely monitoring Turkey’s efforts to enhance and stabilise its presence in Libya, supporting the UN-recognised government in Tripoli. According to press reports, Turkey maintains five frigates closely to Libya
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