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  1. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

    Newsletters

    PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...

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  2. Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , the mayoral contests for the key cities, such as Athens and Thessaloniki, and the main governorship races... that if a mayoral candidate gets more than 42 percent in the first round, he or she is elected... considerable embarrassment for New Democracy, whose candidates have tended to dominate mayoral contests

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  3. Greek-Albanian relations take a hit over arrest of ethnic minority politician
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The detention of a mayoral candidate from the Greek ethnic minority in Albania has raised tension... of a mayoral candidate two days before the elections is not within the rule of law. The decision to detain the mayoral candidate in custody induces a full reversal of the rules of equality

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  4. Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Exclusive 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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  5. Greek current account deficit widens by 32.4 pct in November despite services surplus
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Navarino by a Cyprus-based company owned by the Olayan Group. For the 11-month period, non-residents

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  6. Athens braces for Erdogan bargaining at NATO summit
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    was spying for Athens. On Saturday, Turkish authorities reportedly arrested a man named Mohamed Amar

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  7. Submarine deal resurfaces, threatening new political divisions

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to ask for a parliamentary investigation into a contract between the government and Abu Dhabi Mar... was signed in 2010, when the Abu Dhabi holding company agreed to buy a 75.1-percent stake... and ThyssenKrupp resulted in Abu Dhabi Mar’s arrival. However, problems have persisted as the new

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  8. Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    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... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia

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  9. Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023

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    contest. Out of 1,222 mayoral candidates, just 164 (or 13.5 percent) are women. That is a slight... endorse any mayoral candidates. Next summer’s European Parliament elections will be a more useful

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  10. Athens stands by Israel, hopes for de-escalation
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    and the rejection of his request to be released so he can exercise his mayoral duties in the city of Himare... discussion between the two premiers next Monday. Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayoral candidate for the region

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