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Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyto be heard” government sources insisted. However, Athens was again not invited to the so-called Libya process meeting that took place last week. Libya The same issue dominated talks Mitsotakis held last week.... It should be noted that Turkey and Libya are not bordering countries and, most importantly, Egypt
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorain the hope of finding security, employment and welfare in a prosperous, democratic and socially liberal... to be under pressure to become a holding pen for arrivals. The help being provided by other countries... more dramatic, is growing and filling in the gaps. It is this spirit of cooperation and burden
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
on Friday meant that the focus was very much on finding common ground on issues such as growth... percent in July, with the headline figure being the highest reading since 2005. The dramatic increase... to recognise reality, while finding someone to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de
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Market value of HFSF's bank holdings plummets by 11 bln in 2014
EconomyBankingin 2013) with cumulative collections at just 277 million, while the cumulative impairment amounts... covered by the end of 2014 the funding gap of 12 banks (6 commercial and 6 cooperative banks) under liquidation for a total consideration of almost 13.5 billion euros. The bulk of this funding gap
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes... on the issue of Libya. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Tuesday press reports that Greece
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
of the presidential vote has two distinct advantages. By holding the ballots on December 17, 23 and 29, rather than... that cumulative collections stand at just 277 million so far. Those banks (six commercial and six... dilution of HFSF bank holdings. As a result, the HFSF currently holds a minority share in Eurobank (35.4
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policy, Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said... stipulates that “involvement of the contractor or subcontractor in the common procurement does
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Stage set for censure motion as Parliament votes to review charges against deputy minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor interfering with the scene of the crash. The motion was carried with 277 votes in favour, 12 against... and have a three-day debate on the issue before holding a confidence vote, which the government... the seriousness of the findings. It has also been suggested that the judicial authorities’ decision
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, 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... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
AgoraSince the start of the Greek crisis, many international commentators (as well as locals) have been holding out hope that a reformist white knight would emerge from the political morass and ride to Greece’s rescue. Reality, though, has been equally consistent in shattering their illusions
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