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Samaras gears up for return as Tsipras guns for first place in elections
PoliticsGreek Politics. In their view, the possibility of early elections remains quietly present in the government’s planning. The decisive factor, however, is the emerging polling dynamic. The Pulse survey for Skai TV shows
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official... that the email list was leaked from the Interior Ministry during the tenure of the caretaker government
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PM makes limited, cautious changes to cabinet after election disappointment
PoliticsGreek Politicsat ministerial level in five departments: Development, Migration, Interior, Labour and Agricultural... as Interior Minister. Kostas Tsiaras, once a justice minister under Mitsotakis, becomes the new agriculture minister. Niki Kerameus is being moved from the Interior Ministry to the Labour Ministry
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Greece and Albania at loggerheads over hydrocarbons research in Ionian
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Exclusive Economic Zone in its sea borders with Greece. Greece, however, has already begun explorative activities in the Ionian Sea and is expecting the first bids for rights from foreign... a vessel belonging to Norwegian firm PGS was conducting seismic research in the area of Greece's sea
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Ankara springs surprise on Athens with Libya maritime deal
PoliticsForeign Policy. Additionally, Libya and Ankara argue that they have common sea borders, ignoring the island of Crete and the continental self. For the two countries to have common sea borders, Turkey would have... of the Sea, according to which islands (regardless of their size) do not have marine zones, including EEZ’s
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Athens mulls next move after Ankara writes to UN over maritime boundaries
PoliticsForeign Policyrepresentative to the UN, Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu, Ankara repeats its argument over the islands’ rights in sea... of the negotiations aiming to delineate sea zones with neighbouring countries like Egypt. Some diplomats, however... if it decided to table at the UN coordinates of sea delimitation, but the opposition party argues
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policyof the sea and good neighbourly relations, and contributes to security and stability in the region.” Negotiations on the sea boundaries between Athens and Cairo have been taking place for almost 15... demarcation has been made by sharing the sea zone, giving 56 pct to Egypt and 44 pct to Greece. The most
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Athens keeps close eye on Turkey's reactions amid MSP and GSI developments
PoliticsForeign Policyinterconnection project, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), as well as by the recent maritime spatial... the Aegean Sea. Greece is trying not to harm in any way the communication channels with the Turkish... for the construction of maritime parks in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea, which Ankara objects to because
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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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Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue
PoliticsForeign Policyby sea. Earlier this month, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimated... since January. According to IOM, arrivals by sea in Greece accounted for around 70 percent... by the fact that, according to IOM, less than 34,500 thousand people arrived in Greece by sea during
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