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Athens aiming to boost EU-Balkan momentum
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece and North Macedonia and bilateral relations are improving, as evident during the visit of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to Athens last week. Three years later, however, North Macedonia’s European prospects are still dim due to Bulgaria’s recent veto against the opening of Skopje’s EU accession
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign PolicyLalakos and Turkey’s deputy foreign minister Burak Aksapar, respectively. High-ranking military... the last couple of days, the two countries found themselves at odds again due to Turkey’s reaction to Greece’s declaration on the creation of marine environmental parks in the Aegean Sea. Mitsotakis
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Syria developments dominate as Athens steps up diplomatic exchanges
PoliticsForeign PolicyAbdallah is for the second time visiting NATO’s headquarters under the initiative of Greece, Italy, Spain... in July 2023. It was supposed to focus on the ongoing conflict in Gaza but following this weekend’s... in the wider region. Turkey Diplomatic sources don’t exclude a short meeting on the sidelines of NATO’s
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsand security, reinforcing a bilateral axis that has become one of Greece’s most important diplomatic... also navigating a sharp rhetorical clash with Ankara and preparing for Emmanuel Macron’s visit later... by new case files from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The new dossier extends scrutiny
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Tsipras, Erdogan pledge to keep talking amid tension in Aegean
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnother violation of Greece’s territorial waters by two Turkish military boats off the coast... for at least 20 minutes. This prompted Athens to respond by issuing a statement describing Monday’s incident...’s behavior towards Greece and the EU could be explained as “a combination of insecurity
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Mitsotakis breaks the ice in Sochi but Russia's wariness remains
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the bilateral relations that should not be held hostage to Russia’s relations with either the EU... on Wednesday in Sochi, without, however, reaching an agreement that would upgrade bilateral relations... for Moscow’s relations with the West due to the Ukrainian crisis. The meeting of the two leaders took
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Mitsotakis gets through to Trump with "win-win" message on tariffs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTrump’s recent praise of Turkish President Erdogan generated a degree of unease about the new US administration’s stance on regional issues. In a lengthy interview with the Breitbart website, published... bilateral relationship between Greece and the US. Asked to comment by the media later in the day, the US
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Presidential shuttle diplomacy between Athens and Berlin
Agoraas the maturity duration of Greek bonds in the ECB’s portfolio or bilateral credit guarantees extended... in the Greek capital held important implications for the bilateral discussions between the two leaders... degree this astonishing evaluation is shared by other members of Merkel’s coalition government
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Kotzias takes next step in effort to reach name deal, settle Balkan issues
PoliticsForeign Policythat they expect much from this meeting in a symbolic setting, as Ohrid is linked to FYROM’s modern... rebels and the country’s security forces. Kotzias has publicly stated that the Greek side is expecting “a big step” to come out of this meeting, while FYROM’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told MIA news
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Greece and Turkey go into new round of exploratory talks with trust at a premium
PoliticsForeign PolicyAfter months of bilateral tension over maritime borders and gas exploration rights, Turkish... and it is still not clear whether the bloc’s decisions will bring positive or negative consequences... and Turkey have been afforded added drama by Greece’s political system and the media. This may have been why
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