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  1. Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020

    Newsletters

    PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...

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  2. The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
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    Agora

    Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in China, one of the direct consequences has been the widespread and, in most cases, uncontrolled publication of fake news. The fact that the virus was unknown at the time opened up countless opportunities for the emergenc...

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  3. PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with Libya or any other actions that Athens deems provocative. Tsipras, though, went a step further... Mitsotakis for not holding a meeting of party leaders before his trip to Washington in order to ensure

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  4. PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    about Libya’s maritime deal with Turkey are not respected grabbed the headlines, but Mitsotakis also revealed that his government is considering holding off on reducing corporation tax for a second

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  5. Unhappy voters struggle to find alternatives as PM faces fresh attack from veteran conservatives
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    they expect those involved to be punished. On the eve of the vote on holding a preliminary inquiry... with the neighbouring country and of picking the wrong faction to ally with in Libya. Karamanlis voiced

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  6. New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    deportations and the creation of pre-departure holding centres in third countries. Plevris acknowledged... approach on migration in response to increased arrivals from Libya also comes at a time when New

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  7. Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Exclusive Economic Zone. In 2019, before signing its memorandum with Turkey, Libya reacted against...). This was calculated by moving its median line northwards. After the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum in 2019, new data was generated and Libya could argue that the entire area south of Crete

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  8. Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    actions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia

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  9. Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Defence Minister Panos Kammenos was re-elected as leader of SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation between the two parties. There had been reports that Ka...

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  10. Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
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    EconomyProgramme

    Greece and its lenders head into Monday’s Eurogroup with differences on several key issues that will have to be resolved if the second review is to conclude in the days ahead. The Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs held a lengthy telec...

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