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Name deal and Beleri case test Greece's relations with North Macedonia, Albania
PoliticsForeign Policy-legitimise the Prespes Agreement. Its new Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has pledged “to do everything... that there is no room for any violation of the Prespes Agreement. Beleri case Athens has the EU’s support... Greece and Albania. The case of the elected MEP however has now become an EU affair with certain
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NATO summit also gives PM chance to address issues with neighbours
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Politicsin Washington. He has already informed his European counterparts and expected to do so with the rest of his NATO ones. In fact, Mitsotakis has announced in two interviews that he will raise the issue... direction," he said. The Greek premier has accepted Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides’s
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Kasselakis struggling for equilibrium at SYRIZA as another senior official quits
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has been hit by another high profile departure from his party..., Dragasakis said the current SYRIZA has “bears no resemblance to the party I served since its foundation... on the left of the political spectrum and listing a series of positions it has taken recently on a range
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Domestic factors seen playing role in PM's pick for European Commission
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has picked Central Macedonia Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas... has made economically, but also Greece’s sort of strategic position at the southeastern flank... parties have been gaining ground in recent elections. It has also been pointed out that Tzitzikostas
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No holiday from rancour over Athens wildfire as PM accused of downplaying damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsto PASOK’s role in drafting the RescEU programme which has allowed Greece to call on the support of other... has faced a summer of discontent, during which the cost of living has come into sharp focus against
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Central govt debt rises by 1.5 bln in Q2, to 407 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyto the first programme, which Greece has started repaying. An additional 130.9 billion relate... was signed in mid-summer 2015. Greece has already started repaid GLF and EFSF loans, having pre-paid two... 2019 and has been falling since. The debt breakdown by residual maturity showed that long-term (over 5
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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers discuss sticking points ahead of Mitsotakis-Erdogan talks
PoliticsForeign Policy-flagged research vessel Ievoli Relume has been sailing in the area to conduct research for the future... membership progress has been stalled for eight years. Few Brussels officials see much scope... economic benefits and perhaps unlock capital that has been out of reach for years. In his public statements
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SYRIZA consumed by new leadership drama as PASOK rubber stamps candidacies
PoliticsGreek Politicsof SYRIZA’s central committee members to oust Stefanos Kasselakis as the party president has set in motion... politics. Since Kasselakis’s victory last year, the party has allowed itself to become something of a soap... opportunity has arisen for the social democrats to steal a march on their leftist rivals and establish
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Government moves to implement PM's pledges despite grumblings from interest groups
PoliticsGreek Politicsand hospitals. On Monday he chaired a meeting on the school refurbishment programme, which has been allocated... three years. He also has the task of appeasing his own party, many of whom were disappointed... leader has maintained an uncharacteristic silence since the surprise result of Sunday’s censure vote.
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Athens moves to avoid repeat of EU division over migration policy
PoliticsForeign Policycountries, like Greece. However, the European Commission has always avoided intervening... route, the list of notifications has continued to grow. From 37 cases of temporary reintroduction...; that is to follow the example of Italy’s memorandum with Albania. In the meantime, the EU has signed
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