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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policytreaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries... in which the main prize was Libya, and its vast oil resources. Turkey protests that it is being hemmed... of Greece with which it has not signed an EEZ agreement namely, Libya but also Albania. For the latter
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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort
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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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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal
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BoG sees ample capital space for banks to sell bad loans
EconomyBankingof provisions and total coverage ratio including collaterals. The study’s objective is to assess... that the total coverage ratios of provisions and collaterals exceed 100 percent and that almost 79 percent... to sell at a price of 3 percent of nominal almost 65 percent of the total portfolio in scope
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Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial
PoliticsGreek Politicsof voting in the local polls but Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis confirmed over the weekend.... The party has chosen an unknown economist, 33-year-old Gavriil Sakelaridis, to run in the Greek capital
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures. The new Interior Minister Argyris Dinopoulos recently argued that his party would lose votes... to boost lenders’ capital adequacy. The rest could be used to cover the funding gap. The Greek
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The education of Alexis Tsipras
Agorasmattering of women in his cabinet, Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... rather than Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis who was in the Belgian capital. There is a sense
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof passing the bills through the Hoise. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis insisted on Tuesday.... Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem went as far as suggesting that a Cyprus-style solution (capital
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Pressure on Greece to stem migrant flow puts strain on EU ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsof refugees and migrants to northern and central Europe. EU interior ministers urged Greece to have the hot... capital will Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras be willing to expend if he sees growing voter scepticism
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