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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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Greece and Albania seek to leave Beleri case behind in 2024 after year of turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policyup his duties.” Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani admitted last week that “there are negotiations, ideas, and commitments from both sides to find a solution.” Hasani denied that Tirana and Athens
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicsto respond to healthcare concerns, particularly after reports this summer of ambulance shortages. He pledged to hire 800 ambulance workers and purchase new ambulances. The government also plans to create a “control tower” to manage ambulance deployments, with the aim of emergency help reaching
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SYRIZA attempts election reboot through new manifesto
PoliticsGreek Politicswaiting for an ambulance have refocussed attention on the state of the public healthcare system... being told there was no ambulance available, while on Wednesday a 19-year-old pregnant woman died on the outskirts of Athens after relatives’ calls for an ambulance went unheeded for several hours
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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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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, this week the conservatives have been put on the spot over apparent failings in the ambulance service after several people lost their lives following long waits for ambulances. In a TV interview... ambulance staff were hired, while under New Democracy 560 employees left the service without being replaced
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions 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... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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