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Newsletter 411 - 09/02/2024
as an anti-populist social progressive. Although the vote is non-binding, and has no immediate... established in Abu Dhabi and Singapore. To date, the only active interest expressed has come from
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Athens ponders Syria shake-up with particular focus on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the EU’s anti-terrorism sanctions list as an affiliate of Al-Qaeda. That freezes any assets it has... it. Its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, is subject to a travel ban and asset freeze. The EU
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Athens steps up diplomatic efforts amid ongoing friction with Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyof the two MoUs signed between Turkey and the UN-backed government in Libya. Greek diplomats... to Ankara's actions in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has also focussed its efforts... Mutual Defence Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) with the US, and approved the deployment of Patriot anti
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Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis of resorting to anti-migration policies to deflect from the failure of foreign policy in Libya... Plevris, was refused entry to eastern Libya for negotiations. The measures include a three-month.... It is not clear whether this is genuinely the case. Mitsotakis often reverts to the anti-SYRIZA rhetoric of his
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de... anti-migration rhetoric to distract from foreign policy failures and to avoid acknowledging Turkey’s
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First general strike an awkward but telling moment for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics. The reaction of the Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt emphasised the damage caused... program its own government pledges to execute. Sense of urgency needed. — Johan Van Overtveldt
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Montenegro's vaccination adventure: Lord, bless us with good health
Agoraof coronavirus cases. Corona - free, corona everybody In the middle of last year, the previous government... the slogan – a "corona-free" destination. Before reaching the planned goal, new cases were registered and the "corona-free" motto was cynically reformulated on social media as "corona for everybody
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorawill not get vaccinated because he has previously recovered from corona. He also implied... Instagram commenting that the vaccine against corona has been around for some time... that the corona virus is "the funniest flu", and that women could go on "shopping tours to Milan
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday. The sinking of a fishing boat believed to be carrying migrants from Libya to Italy has claimed... of lending her support to the anti-migrant policies implemented by New Democracy during her presidency... vying for the ultra-nationalist, anti-migrant vote, and at least the former two look set to enter
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