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Farmers’ boycott scuppers PM meeting as Karystianou fleshes out political vision
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentation. While some groups were willing to attend, others refused, arguing that the conditions... of the meeting highlights the lack of unified representation among farmers. Hardline groups accuse... to attend reflects both tactical calculation and genuine anger. Hardline groups believe that boycotting
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Athens keeps options open on gas pipelines despite nudge from Washington
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece. Hochstein met State Minister Nikos Pappas and Energy Minister Nikos Kotzias during his visit.... Hochstein’s visit to Athens had been announced by Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias after his meeting... Kotzias about Tsipras’s visit to Moscow and what the coalition’s intentions are regarding its relations
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Greek ministers prepare Israel visits in bid to further relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyTwo Greek ministers are due to visit Israel shortly as the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition... to arrive to Tel Aviv on July 6 for a two-day visit and Defence Minister, Panos Kammenos will shortly... is proceeding rapidly and Greece appears to want to keep up. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos' visit is also
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SYRIZA seems to be mulling a switch in Greece's energy policy
PoliticsForeign Policyin regards to the energy sector. This has become clearer following the visit this week of US State... to be practicing what it preaches as certainly Hochstein's visit came in quick succession to the talks... to secure an agreement as soon as possible, especially for IGB. The outcome of Skourletis's visit
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Loose ends to tie up on prior actions as lenders head back to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the International Monetary Fund – are expected in Athens on Tuesday for their first visit since Greece... are carried out by the ministries. Another task during their visit, which is expected to last until the end.... On a political level, the two-day visit of French President Francois Hollande, who is expected
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Differing views on refugee crisis at heart of Greek-German relations
PoliticsForeign Policyreports on Monday morning that Tsipras will visit Turkey in the next few days for talks with President... proactive on the refugee issue. The visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier... though that following Merkel’s recent visit to Turkey, the German government intends to use talks about
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Greece's 2016 diplomatic agenda begins with talks on Cyprus and name issue
PoliticsForeign PolicyUnited Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide made the first official visit of 2016... that the Cyprus issue will be one of Athens’s priorities in the months to come. Eide said during his visit... is just facilitating the process. Name talks The second visit reflecting Greece’s foreign policy
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Greece and Albania seek path to resolving stack of differences
PoliticsGreek Politics” to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries. The official visit of Greek Foreign Minister... via a Greek Cabinet decision in August 1987. Kotzias’s visit has been in the making for a while... in the Western Balkans) as well as to the US. This was underlined by Rama's visit to Washington last April
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Tsipras in Brussels prep for Obama trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill pin its hopes of a breakthrough on a visit to Greece by Barack Obama, pencilled in for mid... a final nudge to abandon austerity and take on Eurosceptics. Obama is set to visit Germany before... but I can make estimations - I think the Obama visit will also help towards this end."
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Cyprus talks enter crucial stage as Greece makes position clear on guarantees
PoliticsForeign Policythat this is indeed the case. French Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault is expected to visit Ankara, Athens... is expected to visit Moscow on October 31 with Russia being in favour of the abolishment of guarantees... is to visit Athens on November 14, as some reports suggest, then the Cyprus issue is likely to top his
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