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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnkara decided on Wednesday to close its borders with Greece and Bulgaria in an attempt to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. In Athens, diplomatic sources claim that such measures could possibly... Ankara’s decision to wave refugees and migrants towards the Greek-Turkish borders. Turkey’s decision
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Episode 5 - Greece & Turkey on the borderline
AgoraOn the latest episode of The Agora podcast, we examine Greek-Turkish relations, which are going through another rough patch. Athens and Ankara being at odds is not something new, but a rising number... February, the Greek government decided to shut its land border with Turkey after Ankara gave free
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SYRIZA goes on offensive over Covid-19 and economic reforms, but internal rifts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsof communication with Ankara. He accused New Democracy of failing to continue these efforts... Turkey is behaving provocatively, again referring to Ankara’s manipulation of migrants earlier
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias after Athens and Ankara had confirmed that the 61st round... first securing any assurances from Ankara. Nevertheless, the centre-right government is trying
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Greece to press for EU sanctions roadmap on Turkey as domestic pressure builds
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the block to use more stick and less carrot to get Ankara to adhere to the terms for further dialogue..., but also turned the heat on the government to escalate pressure on Turkey by crossing what Ankara has
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Poor prospects for new version of Greek-Turkish 'earthquake diplomacy'
PoliticsForeign Policyof the strongest supporters of Ankara’s efforts to join the EU, and the two countries worked together... Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy viewed the Greek reaction as “baseless,” adding that Ankara
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Athens hopes Biden will spur change in policy, curbing Ergodan
PoliticsForeign Policyexpressed scepticism about Germany’s efforts to mediate between Athens and Ankara. “Unfortunately... this word but unfortunately Berlin’s policy towards Ankara could be described as appeasement. The Germans
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Greece bolsters ties with UAE, building on opposition to Turkish actions
PoliticsForeign Policyof Greece and Cyprus, as well as Ankara’s aggressive behaviour in the Middle East, the Southeastern... behaviour.” Mitsotakis’s visit offered yet another opportunity for Athens to show to Ankara
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EU Council boosts recovery fund hopes, falls short on Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the fact that EU leaders agreed that Ankara would have to abandon such behaviour before talks could... accused Germany of diluting any efforts to punish and isolate Ankara for what Athens sees as blatant
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Budget passed as govt pins hopes on vaccine rollout to get economy on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsargued that although the EU has not adopted sanctions against Ankara, pressure on Greece’s neighbour... under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for Ankara’s purchase
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