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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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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
deal. However, the decision of Danellis to reject the calls of his party, To Potami, and its leader... billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Monthly net revenues totalled 5.34 billion euros
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Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister
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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Athens takes stance on peace in Ukraine, faces stalemate in relations with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyrights. Turkish officials continue to reject Cyprus’s claims, arguing they are defending... to propose a five‑party forum - comprising of Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, and Libya - to facilitate
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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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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
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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Amid crowding concerns, officials reject idea of return to full lockdown
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSenior government figures are insisting there will be no return to a full lockdown as concerns over lax observance of hygiene measures intensify. Meanwhile, the government is being accused of lack of transparency over the use of funds for public health ...
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Opposition parties reject official conclusions of surveillance inquiry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe official report of the special parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance affair has ignited a fresh confrontation between the government and the parties of the opposition, with the latter directly contradicting the official conclusions and accusin...
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Mitsotakis intervenes in EU migration debate as PASOK challenges wildfire policy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto third countries such as Morocco, Turkey, Libya and Egypt, arguing that those receiving EU support must... map of projects, costs, contractors and outcomes. The party also questioned the government’s
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