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Opinion split in Athens over best outcome in Turkish elections
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is remaining sanguine about the outcome of Sunday’s elections in Turkey, and insisting... underlined the change of rhetoric on behalf of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which helps... in a statement to the same paper, the opposition’s candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu stressed that “as far
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Mitsotakis visits China to keep relations ticking over
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is seeking to maintain open diplomatic channels with China at a time when Beijing’s... as a bridge between Brussels and Beijing, within the framework of the European Commission’s strategy of de-risking but not decoupling from China. In this context, and due to Beijing’s important geopolitical
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PM makes first direct contact with Trump, hoping to keep US-Greek relationship special
PoliticsGreek Politicslooks forward to working with the new US administration on bilateral, regional and global issues. Trump’s clear victory in the US elections has emboldened some on the right wing of the ruling New Democracy party, who see the Republican party’s candidate as an affirmation of their argument
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PASOK tries to chip away at New Democracy's record on economy
PoliticsGreek Politics. The party’s spokesman on labour Pavlos Christidis told the parliamentary committee on social affairs... the effects of Greece’s economic recovery despite the positive headline numbers. The government has.... The statements date to Mitsotakis’s time as leader of the opposition, including during the election
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Greece working on plan for multilateral talks in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyto be Ankara’s refusal to participate in any forum that excludes Turkish Cypriots, while Libya... Greece’s veto of Turkey’s participation in the EU’s defence programme - SAFE. Despite this, the Greek... to resolve longstanding issues in Cyprus, particularly in light of last Sunday’s elections
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Athens hopes strengthening of US ties brings geopolitical benefits
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is seeking to extend the positive political mood created by last week’s 6th Partnership... Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined Greece’s central role in the international energy scene. Insisting... natural gas from Alexandroupolis to Ukraine, safeguards Greece’s “energy and geopolitical security
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Government draws line between solidarity for Cyprus and involvement in Iran conflict
PoliticsGreek Politics”. Dendias underscored the special nature of bilateral ties between the two countries by stating... the decision to send assets to Cyprus as an example of the government’s robust foreign policy in the region. Chief government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis argued that the move was a rebuttal to the PM’s
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It remains a mystery
Agora’s private debt holders, mainly European financial institutions,” said Brazil’s IMF executive... the luxury of hiding behind the cloak provided by the Fund’s preferred creditor status. The reaction to the WSJ’s report simply confirms how distorted the debate about Greece’s programme has been since
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A Greek proposal that deserves to be heard
AgoraAlexis Tsipras’s government had many people scratching their heads and some say even officials... significance. What seemed like a tremendous effort during the government’s first four weeks in office... the country a chance to change its fortunes. Greece’s privately held debt was taken care
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Macedonia name talks face stalemate as core issues go unresolved
PoliticsForeign Policyof FYROM’s constitution. During the three and a half hour talks Nikos Kotzias held with his counterpart... Interim Accord of 1995, as both sides underline the need to modernise and extend the level of bilateral... for FYROM’s Parliament to ratify an agreement, when it would be tabled at the UN and when
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