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Decisive week for Greek programme begins with proposal from Athens
EconomyProgrammeof recent statements by the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on the International... and increase in the medium VAT rate. The tax-free threshold currently ranges between 8,636 euros for a single
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Greece on alert over Turkish maritime plans, senses EU backing
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This contact was also initiated by German Chancellor Angela... conditions do not allow surveys in the area. Some others also point to developments in Libya, which... factor that complicates the situation especially vis a vis Turkey’s involvement in Libya and its
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign Policybe no discussion.” Fidan’s remarks came just two days after the German Foreign Minister visited Ankara..., Mitsotakis last week proposed a new initiative involving Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, and Libya during..., Libya, and Egypt, according to Kathimerini. Boulos, who met with Mitsotakis last September, is said
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorawill not get vaccinated because he has previously recovered from corona. He also implied... Instagram commenting that the vaccine against corona has been around for some time... that the corona virus is "the funniest flu", and that women could go on "shopping tours to Milan
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Athens hoping EU diplomatic drive will defuse latest Aegean crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyif the German presidency of the EU and other member states will consider it necessary to hold an emergency... by the agreement Ankara made with Libya last year, and which Athens has described as null and void.... Ideally, the Greek government would like German Chancellor Angela Merkel to intervene, especially as she
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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and eight other European leaders wrote a letter to European Council president Charles Michel on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s teleconference, arguing for a coordinated eurozone-level response to mitigate the impact of...
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Video talk: How to make the most out of EU "Corona funds"
AgoraA video talk featuring Juan Pablo Riesgo, a partner of Ernst & Young and former Secretary of State for Employment in Spain, and Nick Malkoutzis, editor of MacroPolis, discussing how Spain and Greece should best use the Recovery Fund package proposed by ...
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
PoliticsFull speed ahead for warship, defence deal with FranceGreece believes that it took a significant step this week to upgrading its defence capabilities but also bolstering the country’s geopolitical standing after agreeing to purchase at least thr...
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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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