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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Accused of U-turn over extension of territorial waters at home, ND steps up diplomatic drive abroad
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras was quick to point out the contradiction, recalling ND’s reaction to a similar proposal put... controversial agreement with Egypt will be put to a named ballot on Thursday, in an indication..., with leader Fofi Gennimata claiming that Turkey’s agreement with Libya had forced the outcome
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Greece bolsters ties with UAE, building on opposition to Turkish actions
PoliticsForeign Policyopposition to Turkey’s attempts to extend its military reach in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya. Abu... law. The two sides urged Turkey to abide by international law and put an immediate end to its illegal and provocative actions. Athens is trying to put an emphasis on its cooperation with Arab countries
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Greece and Turkey go into new round of exploratory talks with trust at a premium
PoliticsForeign Policyunderlining repeatedly that in the past the Turkish side has also tried to put on the table of talks...” to the Turkish-Libya memorandum which Athens has condemned as “illegal” and against the international law of the sea. Mitsotakis has for the time being tried to put the issue aside, but he said last week
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Athens responds to Erdogan's accusations as Mitsotakis readies UN address
PoliticsForeign PolicyAssembly in New York to put under the spotlight their outstanding differences on several issues... slammed Athens for employing policies that put migrants’ lives in danger. "We see that Greece's... Turkey -Libya memorandum, the Turkish leadership has made specific choices that do not leave any room
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Fires cast growing shadow as new shipwreck probe is announced
PoliticsGreek Politicscontributions, the scrapping of the trade tax and other tax cuts. But these have been put on hold... earlier of a water-bombing plane that was involved in the effort to put out a wildfire on the island... of migrants travelling from Libya to Italy drowning in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Greece
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Newest Greek market foray for 10-yr bond breaks two records
EconomyMacroeconomymarket. Greece issued a 3.5 billion euro bond with a coupon of 0.75 pct and a reoffer price of 99.44, implying a reoffer yield of 0.807 pct and a spread of 135.3 basis points over the German DBR 0 pct
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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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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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