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Athens poised to take next steps on maritime borders
PoliticsForeign Policydeposits by US ExxonMobil southwest of Crete provoked the reaction of Libya’s GNA government... and the Exclusive Economic Zone when there is a relevant agreement with Libya. The same diplomatic.... The same sources believe that this move could lead Greece and Libya to refer their dispute to the ICJ
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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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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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New Democracy and SYRIZA neck and neck for EP vote but PASOK adrift
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if the Olive Tree gets less than 10 percent in the European elections, this would create “a problem... showing in polls could be attributed to its unfamiliarity is now over. With less than three weeks... double figures, as seems likely. The problem for PASOK is that it is looking to draw support from
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Why doesn't Tsipras just cut defence spending?
Agorathe crisis began, more than 70 percent of the defence budget was used to pay staff but, according... been trimmed down, NATO spending requirements mean that it is required to invest more than 2.... The problem for Tsipras, though, is that he has to tread carefully with the military, which
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Greece and the IMF: An everlasting love-hate relationship
Agoraissues, the fund is a harder taskmaster than the European lenders. “The fund’s position... intervention in the country’s debt rather than just tinkering around the edges. The fiscal and economic..., the problem for Tsipras is that his immediate political problem is handling the pension reforms without
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Talk of refugee returns adds to stretched Greece's anxiety
PoliticsForeign Policyproblem is on the islands, where there are more than 12,500 migrants even though the official capacity..., where security continues to be a problem. Reports suggest that around 150 migrants broke out... than 50. The increase in arrivals coupled with the slow rate at which refugees are leaving
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Tsakalotos sticks to guns as review compromise remains elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsconcessions on debt relief rather than demanding Athens give in on issues such as labour reforms... that those in Europe who argue that Greece’s main problem is the lack of competitiveness... and social security contributions. “If Greece’s problem is competitiveness, I cannot thing of a better
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Uptick in Covid-19 cases prompts caution as govt prepares to tackle pension backlog
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe criteria, which included a loss of revenue greater than 20 pct during the period in question... with a longstanding problem that predates Covid-19, which is the pile of pensions that have not been... with the inability of his predecessor, Yiannis Vroutsis, to get to grips with the problem. Hatzidakis has decided
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