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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday that approving the Prespes Agreement may be in Greece’s interests and that Kammenos is wrong... before the ballot takes place. If he opts for the latter, this may seriously damage Tsipras’s... to take place in May.
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Athens eyes implementation of name deal as Skopje homes in on NATO membership
PoliticsForeign PolicyParliament elections. Even though Johannes Hahn, the European Commissioner for neighborhood policy may have... of the May EP elections was an obvious political reason for this rejection but also some EU governments have... Macedonia) for international use and to those for internal usage that may be used externally" and (b
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Tsipras visits Skopje to highlight name deal positives as implementation work continues
PoliticsForeign Policyof voting, which is scheduled for May 5. Greek delegation For the Greek premier, who appears to have... electoral losses in the upcoming European Parliament elections and local elections in May as a result... impact may be limited. Nonetheless, Tsipras seems content to have the opportunity to defend his
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Athens eyes multiple benefits from joining China-backed 17+1 initiative
PoliticsForeign Policyto government sources. Experts expect that there may be more investments from China in Greece, despite... criticisms he faces from New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Joining the initiative may boost... since it realises that it may not get a date for EU accession talks at June’s European Council
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Athens approaches Albania's political crisis, EU process with caution
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Foreign Ministry on May 30, Athens stressed that “we expect full safeguarding of the right to self... to adopt by May 2018, as well as application of the law on property, in order for the members... Council. On May 30, Athens also warned Tirana by underlining that “Greece is working towards
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Athens on diplomatic drive to secure support over migration flare-up
PoliticsForeign Policy. Athens appears disappointed by Berlin's rather neutral stance as the German government may have... of nationals of third countries, the Council on a proposal from the Commission, may adopt provisional... on the Greek-Turkish border and the northeastern Aegean, warning them that the situation may worsen
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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign Policymay have been the result of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s failure to achieve a new agreement... as decisions may be taken that affect Greece. Athens may have been excluded from this conference... Nikos Dendias continues to hold telephone talks with a number of his EU and non-EU counterparts
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the virus being successfully suppressed so far, some Greeks may be more tempted to ignore.... Another concern is that city dwellers may head for the countryside to celebrate in their ancestral... would like to begin lifting some of the restrictions from May 10. According to reports
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Border furor highlights brittleness of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyalmost a month. In fact, Ankara conveyed a note on May 11 requesting “Greece to share the exact... to ensure that the land border is not violated”. On May 13, as Mr Aksoy notes, Greece initiated land... political controversy. The Greek side lodged a demarche with Ankara on Friday, May 22, regarding
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Newsletter 282 -29/01/2021
and Turkey have been afforded added drama by Greece’s political system and the media. This may have been why... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be trying to get in the good books of the incoming Biden... programme in May that year. Although towards the end of last year and the start of 2021
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