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  1. New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya in recent hours were arrested by the coast guard. They do not have the right to apply for asylum... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby

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  2. Greece's primary surplus: Much ado about nothing?

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    surplus of 1.5 billion euros (0.8 percent of GDP), under the Economic Adjustment Programme (EAP... debate on the legitimacy of how ESA95 and EAP methodologies were reconciled. In an effort to cast more... importantly its accounting standards are not the same as those used under the EAP definition. Unlike

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  3. Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    in Libya. Dendias reportedly briefed Raab on the Greek positions and “on the dangers that are being created...’ actions on the Greek-Turkish borders as well as on the incident where a Turkish Coast Guard vessel

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  4. Athens mulls next move after Ankara writes to UN over maritime boundaries
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    stressed that the government will continue to guard its sea borders and that a European presence is vital... in Syria and with Libya. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias tweeted on Sunday that “Greece, united

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  5. Athens displeased with EU Council outcome, faces pressure for talks with Turkey

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    linked with the change of guard at the White House. Most EU member states, especially Berlin, would like...’s intervention in Libya last year.

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  6. Podcast - Lost at sea: The Pylos shipwreck and its aftermath

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    On the night of June 14, a fishing boat called the Adriana, packed with hundreds of migrants who had paid traffickers to get them from Libya to Italy, sank in the deep waters of the Mediterranean... by international and local media suggest that the Greek coast guard, and possibly the EU border agency, Frontex

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  7. 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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  8. ELSTAT sees 2013 primary deficit at 8.7 pct of GDP, 40 bln wiped out from economy since 2010

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    points out that “the calculation of the primary balance under the Economic Adjustment Program (EAP... emphasises that in measuring the primary surplus under EAP a number of revenue and expenditure items.... It is not yet clear whether the figure indicated by ELSTAT (19.27 billion) will be the same under EAP

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  9. First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
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    After suppressing the first wave of Covid-19, Greece was regularly cited as an exemplar in tackling the pandemic. Now in its fourth wave, low vaccination coverage is proving to be the country’s Achilles heel in definitively beating the pandemic. Followi...

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  10. Greek pensions laid bare
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    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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