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Greece’s downstream oil industry adapts to shifting demands
EconomyFeatures, followed by Iran (until sanctions in 2012), Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. As of January this year... a country very heavily dependent on oil with around 45 percent of its energy demands being met by oil. The country’s crude oil demand is almost entirely met by imports, with a small percentage coming from
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PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFresh from his trip to Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with opposition leaders... for closer defence cooperation with the US and his bid to change the electoral law. Mitsotakis met... with Libya or any other actions that Athens deems provocative. Tsipras, though, went a step further
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Athens homing in on non-permanent seat at UNSC
PoliticsForeign Policyboundaries within the so-called “Blue Homeland” doctrine, which includes the Turkey-Libya maritime... that “Since last June, I have met with my counterparts from 12 out of 15 countries that are non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. I also met with the Foreign Ministers
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Athens prepares for Erdogan visit, high-level talks with Turkish officials
PoliticsForeign PolicyKyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on the sidelines of the NATO Summit... met with representatives of the Muslim minority in Greece. The limited time of Erdogan’s visit... levels, especially since the Libya-Turkey maritime memorandum is still in force. “As long as he
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Greece makes first contact with new Syrian leader as PM chases up missile issue in Paris
PoliticsForeign Policyon Sunday, where he met with Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and his Syrian counterpart Asaad... the country and met with Al-Sharaa. Greece had closed its embassy in Syria in July 2012, just over..., as was the case with the maritime memorandum between Libya and Turkey in 2019. Turkish officials have
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Programme review talks continue, progress on tax, pensions and NPLs at a premium
EconomyProgrammeDiscussions between the mission chiefs and Greek authorities on pension reform and tax measures continued over the weekend but still left significant gaps on both fronts. Nevertheless, following a 2.5-hour meeting on Sunday afternoon, Finance Ministry s...
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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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New regime on electricity producers from RES/CHP stations foresees further investments in Greek energy market
Legalof differential increments and tendering (feed-in-premium). The new regime is based on the development of a new support mechanism for the operation of RES (operating aid), which provides a premium in addition... market. The incremental increase was adopted on a station category level (sliding premium
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Athens reaches out to Moscow while keeping eye on Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyministers met in Moscow last Friday and stressed their governments’ intentions to enhance co... between the West and Russia may have a knock-on effect on other crises, such as Libya and Syria
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Tragedies bring period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyDeputy Foreign Minister, Kostas Fragogiannis, who he recently met in Doha, will visit Turkey on March 20... emerged in recent years, especially following the signing of the Turkey-Libya memorandum, or related
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