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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby
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PM hails Chevron bid as vote of confidence amid mixed reactions to TIF package
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum which claims some of the maritime zones south of Crete. The prospect... of missteps in relations with Egypt and Libya have led his critics to question the credibility
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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
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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
to explore for gas south of Crete was “unlawful”, arguing that it violates the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum and Libya’s declared maritime claims. Greece considers those claims null and void
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation in the Interior Ministry, which is the suspected source of the data leak, while on Tuesday.... The Interior Ministry has denied that it provides voters’ contact information, while the chief...’s EP elections, but also because the suspicions of a data leak emerged within days of the Interior
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Newsletter 292 - 09/04/2021
handling of the pandemic, the government hit back this week via a primetime TV interview with Prime.... In an interview to Star TV on Wednesday, Mitsotakis defended the government’s record on handling....” His comments came after SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras launched an attack on the government during a TV
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicson Parliament’s TV channel. In practical terms, Konstantopoulou’s stance also nearly led..., while will covered by a TV levy raising 190 million euros per year) but the launch of the public... TV channels currently operate with private licences that have often been obtained in murky
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Tsipras puts proposals to socialist leaders, resumes bailout talks ahead of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterpreted as a call to violate the Greek Constitution and the European acquis communautaire. TV licenses In Athens, New Democracy issued its most forthright statement yet on the pending tender for TV... to reject an appeal by TV station owners against the tender, which will result in the issuing of just
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
hopes Departure of controversial TV licence bidder provides some relief The government’s week consisted... the opposition with the other. Mired in disputes over the recent TV licence tender and potential... in front of voters. Hopes of making the most of the regulation of the TV broadcasting sector were dashed
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