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Mitsotakis in bid to "square the circle" in EU budget negotiations
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is travelling to Brussels on Thursday to participate in a special summit of European leaders aimed at reaching agreement on the EU’s seven-year budget for period 2021-2027. On Wednesday, government spokesman Stelios Pe...
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Parties square up for all-out battle over upcoming labour bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParties in Greece are preparing to do battle, as New Democracy’s long-anticipated labour bill looks set to be tabled for debate in Parliament after Greek Easter in early May. The legislation, which the government touts as a modernising reform for the be...
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SYRIZA and ND square up on cost-of-living crisis as government attempts to draw line under surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe opposition has upped the stakes in its attempt to challenge the government’s economic narrative, indicating that this will be the main avenue of attack on New Democracy’s record on the road to elections. In the first Prime Minister’s Hour of the par...
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Parties square up for latest Tempe inquiry with ND expected to easily dominate proceedings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest chapter in the political clash over the Tempe rail accident is set to kick off on Wednesday with the opening session of the preliminary inquiry focussing on possible criminal charges against former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis. Karama...
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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Plans for Hellinikon development set out, emphasis on real estate revenues
EconomyFeaturesto 4,000 euros per square metre. The current guide price for properties in the area is 8,000 euros per square metre. A total of 1 million square metres in residential property will account for 43 percent..., will cover roughly 72,000 square metres. The minimum monthly rent of commercial stores will be 37 euros per
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the centre of Athens, as evicted families sheltering in a square became the focus of demonstrations... in Athens. One particular flashpoint emerged at Victoria Square, in a run-down area near the city centre... the evacuation, crews from the Municipality of Athens removed park benches from the square
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