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Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
PoliticsForeign Policyon the sidelines of NATO Summit, in London in early December. Libya concerns Athens is also closely monitoring Turkey’s efforts to enhance and stabilise its presence in Libya, supporting the UN-recognised government in Tripoli. According to press reports, Turkey maintains five frigates closely to Libya
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Athens harbours big hopes for Egypt energy deal, keeps eye on Turkey's role
PoliticsForeign Policyfor Energy so it can be eligible for EU support funds. Egypt has completed interconnections with Libya... of Northern Cyprus. On the other hand, Cairo and Athens share a common line on the issue of Libya..., and the International Law of the Sea,” he said. The two ministers also discussed the issue of Libya
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Newsletter 472 - 25/07/2025
scrutiny following a series of diplomatic setbacks. Relations with Libya have soured, culminating in two... stance on Libya, reflecting broader unease about the state of Greek diplomacy. Current government.... On Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his rejection of the Turkey-Libya maritime deal, describing it as legally
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Athens seeks talks with Erdogan as Turkey steps up diplomatic activity in region
PoliticsForeign Policythe government of Eastern Libya to ratify the Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Understanding... the Eastern Libya authorities to ratify the memorandum Ankara agreed in 2019 with the government in Tripoli... (MIT) Ibrahim Kalin, the same reports claim. However, the political situation in Libya is currently
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Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politics”. There was condemnation from all sides in Parliament for the heavy-handed use of riot police to quell... disquiet, even in a society accustomed to witnessing heavy policing of urban protests. While... there would be strict controls on movements in and out of the camps and night-time curfews
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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agora, Golden Dawn saw its power drop by about two percent. Interestingly, the decline stopped as party... lost touch with the working classes. In the good old days they were able to control them through... Thema newspaper put Golden Dawn, which controls 18 seats in the 300-strong House, in third place
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Tsipras seeks fair exchange with EU over migrant crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the EU’s duty to provide increased financial and logistical assistance as the vast majority of people... tangible results. Europe expects from Greece, though, that it will tighten up its border controls... government will comply with the requests regarding border controls. The Greek premier will be aware
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Nightmare on Democracy Street
Agorafor control of districts like Perama. The symbolism of the September 12 incident did not end... to heal as the 50s and 60s saw the continued persecution of leftists, culminating in the military
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Why tax evasion threatens to become endemic due to how Cyprus was bailed out
Agoraa financial penalty on parents who were late in picking up their child; when they imposed it they saw... used to cover bank losses while those two banks were under central bank control has created
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agora. How much time and financing would Greece get to bring its budget under control? Should its debts... flows? The IMF’s non-eurozone directors saw in 2010 that Greece’s bailout was designed for the benefit
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