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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
to explore for gas south of Crete was “unlawful”, arguing that it violates the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum and Libya’s declared maritime claims. Greece considers those claims null and void... Ministry expected the Greek economy to grow by 2.2 pct in 2025, with a slight acceleration to 2.4 pct
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European Commission leaves 2024 growth estimate of 2.3 pct unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyThe European Commission left Greece’s growth estimate for 2024 unchanged in the latest winter forecast published on Thursday, expecting the Greek economy to grow by 2.3 pct. The forecast remains... this year’s budget. The Commission also points to last year’s real GDP growth, which landed at 2.2 pct
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policyaiming to prevent any shipment of arms to Libya’s two factions. The operation will involve the deployment of warships to enforce the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. According to the EU foreign... as in Libya. Greece was not invited, again, to the Berlin process aiming for a solution for the Libyan crisis
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Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyto be heard” government sources insisted. However, Athens was again not invited to the so-called Libya process meeting that took place last week. Libya The same issue dominated talks Mitsotakis held last week.... It should be noted that Turkey and Libya are not bordering countries and, most importantly, Egypt
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GDP grows by 1.3 pct QoQ in Q2, in line with growth estimates of 2+ pct for year
EconomyMacroeconomypct that appeared in the 2023 final budget at the end of 2022. The most recent inflation estimate... in 2025. In its growth forecasts, the Parliamentary Budget Office expects the economy to grow by 2.2 pct this year and by 2.2 pct in 2024. The European Commission upped its outlook on Greece for this year
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes... on the issue of Libya. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Tuesday press reports that Greece
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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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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Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
Economyby 2018, of which 2.5 billion are expected to be generated in 2016, 2.2 billion in 2017 and 1.1 billion... in 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned
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Greece aligns with EU on Israel-Iran conflict, keeps close watch on Turkey as Ankara submits maritime plans
PoliticsForeign Policy-Libya memorandum, which provoked tension with Greece. Athens reacted to the publication of Turkey’s MSP... this Tuesday in an extraordinary meeting of his EU counterparts called by EU top diplomat Kaja
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