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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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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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Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021
Lockdown relaxation put on hold Covid-19 data cancels retail opening plans as parties clash over... Covid-19 wards in the Greek capital are in short supply again. More than 90% were taken up this week... was negative with a 305 million-euro drop in lending, compared to an increase of 1.65 billion euros
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policythe claim has been put forward to a high diplomatic level. Additionally, Ankara is linking..., in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
than those on February 18, meaning that the banks cannot cover the emerging funding gap of 700... director Christine Lagarde would have a month before needing to report this to the board and put... points in February. This means it is 6 points lower than the recent peak of 102.8 in November
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsand had not been trailed. Monday’s declaration marks more than just an environmental milestone. It can... activities in the Aegean as protective rather than provocative. The fact that the diplomatic angle... to the announcement, which was made in English, giving the impression that it was about more than policy
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Newsletter 44 - 25/09/2015
with politicians with expertise. This is likely to put great pressure on Tsakalotos, Chouliarakis... of the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) in mid-August. Since then, the better than expected GDP growth for the second quarter and the stronger than anticipated tourism numbers have raised hopes
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agorabankers involved in the negotiating process, the offers put on the table have been nothing less than... to their customers. Put otherwise, they cannot decline to implement as lending institutions what they have been... as NPLs (repayment delayed by more than ninety days) reaching 22.9 per cent. Such staggering NPL
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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