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Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
PoliticsForeign Policyleader, 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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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
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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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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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorathe way it is clear they started to believe their own hype. And as anyone with a passing... themselves set the first example. No sooner were movement restrictions lifted, than politicians
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora($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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New Democracy suffers ratings blow as farming payments scandal unfolds
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 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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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsstatement, 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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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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PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the cameras regarding how best to deal with jet lag, it was clear from the opposition politician’s... with Libya or any other actions that Athens deems provocative. Tsipras, though, went a step further... 20 years” vis a vis Greece. There has been much debate among politicians and the media this week
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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... deems not be in line with international law. In the notes, Libya claims that Greece’s maritime agreement... spokesman Stelios Petsas. The centre-right MP called for Athens to “toughen its stance” regarding Libya
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