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Greece watches closely as Turkey prepares for referendum
PoliticsForeign Policy, as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea foresees. The recent tension in Greek-Turkish... in 1974 Greece stationed a National Guard on the island. Sea borders: Turkey does not recognize sea... in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea. Both the EU and Greece would prefer “Yes” to prevail in the upcoming
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policyon November 29, 2019. Turkey claims the inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's... for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea/DOALOS) says on its website: “The designations employed.... Publication on this site of information concerning developments relating to the law of the sea
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policynational zone in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles was highly important, coming just a year after..., but no signs of progress emerged. Turkey stuck to its position that Greece’s territorial sea should... of the Washington Treaty does. The clause does not include sea operational zones. The deal
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Balance of payments shows shipping on course for bumper year, but economic benefits unclear
EconomyFeatureswill be able to counterbalance this. Record receipts Sea transport, including international shipping... by tourism. Quarterly data from the Bank of Greece shows that sea transport alone brought... billion euros compared to 6.4 billion the same period of last year. Sea transport payments specifically
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign Policyto Greece’s declaration on the creation of marine environmental parks in the Aegean Sea. Mitsotakis... in the Aegean Sea on the basis of International Law and the Law of the Sea. Beyond that, I am also... dialogue. Ankara has brought back its theory of the “grey zones” in the Aegean Sea. However, following
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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyready to cooperate with Greece in the Aegean Sea”. For the last couple of years, Turkey has presented... as an attempt to pre-empt the publication of its own spatial planning map for the Aegean Sea. It has... waters to 12 miles in the Ionian Sea, it has not done so in the Aegean, but has asserted its
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Migratory flows and maritime rights create Libya conundrum for Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyinternational law and the Law of the Sea. Based on that memorandum, Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC... in the Mediterranean Sea violates sovereign rights of third states, does not comply with maritime law and cannot... comply with International Law of the Sea, particularly in the East Mediterranean region. Regarding
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Cancelled leaders' meeting in US emphasises stalemate in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policy. First, that Turkey may seek to begin new sea research in the Aegean Sea or the Eastern Mediterranean... in parts of the Aegean Sea. Eventually, the vessel didn’t depart from the port of Smyrna, following... of the two countries should “meet” in the middle of the Aegean Sea and it rejects that the Greek islands
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
the auctions for national TV broadcasting licences, with the four successful bidders (Skai TV, Ant1... the control? The tender for TV licences has been a series of missed opportunities The biggest flaw.... At the start of the process to auction four TV licenses in Athens this week, one of the people in the room
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
A question of survival Tsipras seeks to distance himself from potential TV licensing debacle Prime... the apparently full-of-holes TV licence procedure, as well as a clash with Bank of Greece governor Yannis... to a lack of proper financial checks on the four successful bidders in the TV permit auction
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