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Greece expects evidence of Turkish willingness to talk as Maas visits Athens, Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyhis last visit. However, this time Greece is seeking specific actions from Germany regarding the ongoing crisis with Turkey. Heiko Maas will visit both Athens and Ankara as part of a trip that Berlin... of Kassos to south of Kastellorizo. This means the onus is on Germany to prove whether it can perform
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsare not an unusual occurrence in Greece, the extent and devastating nature of this latest accident shook... accident never occurs again. Opposition party leaders were also due to visit Tempe, stressing the need... for the PM’s planned visit to the railway telecommand and signalling centre for northern Greece
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Alexis Tsipras now has an ideal opportunity to try to achieve this as he heads for a visit... in the country reached 37,196 from 28,328. Tsipras’s visit comes three years after Prime Minister Li... authority. Under this deal, COSCO will pay 280.5 million euros to buy 51 percent of OLP and 88 million
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Greece works on new proposals as EU rules out political deal on Monday
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Nikos Xydakis was the latest government member to suggest on Saturday that a return to its.... On a visit to St Petersburg on Friday, where the Greek government signed a preliminary agreement.... “As you all know, we are now in the middle of a great storm,” he said. “But we are a seafaring nation
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As East Med tension remains, Athens also keeps eye on Turkish actions in Aegean
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsrights of Greece and Cyprus” with its drilling. During a visit to Cyprus to attend the funeral... on the latest developments and interpretations, Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos clarified... said last Friday. “But all aspects, including defense parameters, have to be considered when you
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Mitsotakis eyes Christmas handout, tries to rally support for diaspora vote proposal
PoliticsGreek Politicsto meet and exceed its goals. “If you try to spin a fake reality, especially in Greece which has... regarding how the diaspora votes should be factored in. On a recent visit to the Greek-American... it came to power and the latest round of pension reform, which will take into account the recent
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Newsletter 131 -15/09/2017
Macron’s visit and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair..., Tsipras relied heavily on the positive atmosphere during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit last... billion in July, it can be concluded that for every 3.44 billion of collected taxes per month
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Newsletter 284 - 12/02/2021
messages coming from officials and the PM’s trip to Ikaria. The visit alone prompted some negative... by the PM as a “carefree moment”), opposition politicians argued that the latest incident was proof... but insisting that the substance of his visit to a number of remote islands over the weekend was above
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
Minister Adonis Georgiadis acknowledged that farmers had legitimate grievances but declared that “you don’t..., opposition manoeuvring, and warnings about democratic erosion. Whether dialogue can replace confrontation — and whether concessions can restore trust — might determine not only the trajectory
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Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016
Ticking the boxes for Athens Impact of Obama’s visit on decision-making process has yet to be measured US President Barack Obama’s visit to Athens this week ticked all the boxes as far as the Greek.... His visit also included a tour of the Acropolis and its museum, which was well The outgoing US
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