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Athens assesses new Turkish government, potential impact on imminent drive for fresh talks
PoliticsForeign Policyhead of MIT, while Yasar Guler was appointed as Defence Minister. Greek view From a Greek perspective.... Yasar Guler, who until recently was the head of the Turkish Armed Forces has never had any contact
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Greece’s embattled commercial steel market industry braced for more challenges
EconomyFeaturesestimates that production of crude steel in Greece has gone from 2.7 metric tonnes in 2005 to 1.0 metric tonnes in 2014, the latest available date. Adding to the Greek metal industry’s woes... whose subsidiaries are involved in metal production, steel and aluminium trade, moved its headquarters
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyExclusive 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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Stress-free vote on multi-bill but bigger challenges lie ahead for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicshoused temporarily in the taekwondo stadium, a former Athens 2004 Olympics site. Conditions
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions 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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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... after a revised increase of 1.3 percent in Q2, provisional estimates from the Hellenic Statistical
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President... with disabled children under the age of 24. The total outlay is estimated at 175 mln euros “The one-off
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Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
EconomyMacroeconomyestimates released in early November, which saw a GDP contraction of 1.4 percent. For next year, the EC and OECD expect a recession of 1.3-1.4 percent above the budget’s estimate. The upgraded MoF forecasts..., nominal GDP is now expected at 175.66 billion in 2015 (up by 1.92 billion from previous estimate
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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