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In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsa maritime agreement with Libya that infringes on Greece’s sovereign rights. Some commentators..., stressing that it would provide Europe with access to natural gas and underlines why the Eastern... with Libya is “null and void” because it ignores the exclusive economic zones of Greece’s islands, which he
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Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020
with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... actions in Libya, as well as the two memoranda signed between Ankara and Tripoli. However, Turkey’s..., extraction of petroleum and natural gas and mining support activities. During the first eleven months
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Turkey and Western Balkans top Greek agenda at European Council
PoliticsForeign Policyallies. Turkey carries a particular influence in Libya, a country of a special interest to Italy... process for the de facto reunification of Libya and called on all sides to avoid violence... and Draghi agreed to raise again the need for a ceiling on the wholesale price of natural gas during
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PM hails Chevron bid as vote of confidence amid mixed reactions to TIF package
PoliticsGreek Politicspurpose. Firstly, the potential discovery of domestic reserves of natural gas would alleviate Greece’s... the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum which claims some of the maritime zones south of Crete. The prospect... of missteps in relations with Egypt and Libya have led his critics to question the credibility
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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Govt rushes in new energy measures as Brussels decision on gas price cap deferred
PoliticsGreek Politicsof cap on the price of natural gas, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced yet another package... spearheading a proposal for an EU-wide cap on the price of all natural gas imports, and has so far gained... a price cap is only applied to natural gas used in electricity generation. Supporters of the cap on all
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Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
Agorawill supply it - with necessary quantities of natural gas. But the question is also whether regional... as it will transfer natural gas from the Levantine Basin to Europe. However, there is a distance between words... Zone, the decision to send troops to Libya, the maritime agreement with the Tripoli-based government
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Newsletter 236 -24/01/2020
and people from areas affected by natural disasters, of which an estimated 3 billion euros turned red during..., the protection of Greece’s natural and cultural heritage and the “opening of society to new ideas... and the subsequent furor over Greece’s exclusion from the Berlin Conference on Libya, much
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Mitsotakis heads to Israel and Russia with broad agenda
PoliticsForeign Policyto negotiate a bilateral natural gas deal which could potentially have an immediate impact on prices. Russia remains a critical supplier of both natural gas (45.85%) and petroleum (9.5%) to Greece... to reach compromises in countries like Libya and Syria, and in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
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Athens hopes strengthening of US ties brings geopolitical benefits
PoliticsForeign Policynatural gas from Alexandroupolis to Ukraine, safeguards Greece’s “energy and geopolitical security... deposits are confirmed, Greece can cover its natural gas needs for many years," noting... is currently talking with both sides in Libya; very recently he held talks in Turkey and has also met
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