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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
practice, two sets of discussions are taking place in parallel. Greek officials are meeting with the main... Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos’s threat on Wednesday to implement a 2000 Supreme Court decision... at the Hilton Hotel. It was unclear if all the meetings with Greek government officials would take place
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Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty
PoliticsForeign PolicyRepublic of Macedonia (FYROM). Kotzias made these statements on Thursday following his meeting.... Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias revealed last week that Petros Mavroidis will visit Skopje within... meetings in Budapest, Riga and Antalya. It seems that both sides have already conducted their own parallel
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Greece works on new proposals as EU rules out political deal on Monday
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions in time for Monday’s Eurogroup, which will be followed by the eurozone leaders’ meeting... Minister Nikos Xydakis was the latest government member to suggest on Saturday that a return to its... of the meetings, or at least discernible progress that means a settlement is possible before the Greek programme
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Tsipras facing more media intervention claims after changes at newspaper
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrenuously denied that it has been involved in the affair despite reports of a meeting between... Nikos Pappas. He was also president of the board at Avgi, the daily newspaper backed by SYRIZA. Although... details of secret meetings between Tsipras and DOL president Stavros Psycharis but did not make any
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Turkey ratchets up pressure on Greece in wake of extradition ruling
PoliticsForeign PolicyConference next month. It is not certain, however, whether this new meeting will warrant the presence... been repeatedly disputed by Ankara. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias responded in a very cautious... developments sparked a series of meetings at the Greek foreign and defence ministries. Officials
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Kammenos dismisses talk of coalition rift but maintains Macedonia name objections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras for a four-year term. Kammenos made the comments after chairing a meeting... and said he had faith in Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to move forward with the negotiations, he also... following his meetings with party leaders on Saturday. This was interpreted by some as an attempt
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Turkey's move in Mediterranean puts Mitsotakis under pressure domestically
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Monday, Tsipras called for a meeting of the National Foreign Policy Council and for more sanctions... deal broke, Mitsotakis dispatched Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to Cairo, where the Greek diplomat... travels to London for the NATO summit and other meetings. Ahead of his trip, Mitsotakis made
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Greece buoyed by diplomatic progress on Turkey ahead of EU summit as it plans to reduce refugee camps
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, rests on reducing... and education, while Deputy Minister for Citizen Protection Nikos Hardalias appeared in the course... a large part of the agenda. Mitsotakis will have one-to-one meetings with European Council President
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Covid-19 data controversy rumbles on, as opposition probes on transparency
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeeting on Monday, PM Mitsotakis cautioned that “we must not speak with dates but with data... and Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias both emphatically denied... and Communist Party KKE have been calling for the minutes of the meetings between the scientific
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Greece and Turkey go into new round of exploratory talks with trust at a premium
PoliticsForeign Policy. This difficult period begins with the diplomatic meeting in Turkey, which will break a nearly five... Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and the Foreign Ministry clarified the framework, the substance..., and these talks are not binding for either side. He also said that there are no common records of these meetings
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