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  1. Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Foreign 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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  2. Pandora's box ajar for Turkey and Greece?
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    Agora

    territory resulted in the expulsion of the Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan... once initial tensions were left to die down by politicians from both sides. In the end

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  3. Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
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    leader, Ersin Tatar – a politician completely under the control of Ankara, has replaced the moderate...-Cypriot sides have many issues to consider ahead of new Cyprus talks. Libya developments Greece... and the Prime Minister of Libya by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva. A statement released

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  4. Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    “the appearance of Mitsotakis but the soul of Polakis” - a reference to the controversial SYRIZA politician who.... Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims

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  5. Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
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    on 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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  6. Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . On Monday, Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos came under fire from opposition parties over... to show understanding for some of Turkey’s claims in the Aegean make Tsafos unsuitable to hold such a sensitive post. Tsafos, who had previously served as Mitsotakis’s advisor on energy, was forced

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  7. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

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    ($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes... of the pension system in 2001, were repeatedly abandoned by politicians unwilling to confront the monsters they’d... management team but instead got a set of politicians that flew even closer to the burning sun. 2004

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  8. New Democracy suffers ratings blow as farming payments scandal unfolds

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    of Greece” survey recently found that 23 pct of voters would happily vote for a corrupt politician... in question personally benefitted from the politician’s actions. The portions rose to 34 pct and 44 pct... in response to increased flows on the cross-Mediterranean route from Libya. There are indications

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  9. Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
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    statement, the opposition party noted that 310 mln dollars from the settlement, the overwhelming... that Greek politicians were involved in corruption provides definitive proof that SYRIZA’s efforts... involved in trying to manipulate cases to tarnish political rivals. Some conservative politicians

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  10. Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    and 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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