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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as much when the pair met at the sidelines of the NATO summit in Watford last
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... to Erdogan when the pair met in Watford. It has also been condemned by Egypt and Cyprus, the other countries
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In Washington, Mitsotakis stresses economic recovery, geopolitical importance as IMF departure announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsa maritime agreement with Libya that infringes on Greece’s sovereign rights. Some commentators... with Libya is “null and void” because it ignores the exclusive economic zones of Greece’s islands, which he... met before his talks with Trump. “We see eye-to-eye on certain important issues such as reducing
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Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020
with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... actions in Libya, as well as the two memoranda signed between Ankara and Tripoli. However, Turkey’s... with International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva, who he met before his talks
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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met in Ankara, where they agreed to disagree on the major issues... to explore for gas south of Crete was “unlawful”, arguing that it violates the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum and Libya’s declared maritime claims. Greece considers those claims null and void
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Opposition parties continue to pursue wiretap claims, as surveillance bill passes first hurdle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe intelligence service EYP to the operation of the Predator spyware via a government contractor... from invoices and bank statements pertaining to the activities of EYP contractor Krikel, which..., transactions totalling 5.3 million euros linked to the government contractor appear to have escaped
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A closer look at planned laws for unpaid taxes and home foreclosures
EconomyMacroeconomy: a) The abolition of the current 15,000-euro limit on unpaid taxes to qualify for the 100 instalments b... taxpayers who met their tax obligations consistently in recent years. In response to those arguments... arrears. b) Calibrate instalment schemes in a manner that helps discriminate efficiently between non
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Fitch upgrades Greek rating to 'BB-', three notches from investment grade
EconomyFitch on Friday raised its credit rating for Greece by two notches to ‘BB-’ from ‘B’, while... to the other leading rating agencies. Following the upgrade in June, S&P is at ‘B+’ with the outlook upped to positive in July, while Moody’s is at ‘B3’, which is the equivalent of ‘B-‘ and is now well
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Society”. Among the provisions of the bill was the controversial breakup of the Athens B electoral mega-district, which had historically met with strong internal opposition within all governing parties..., especially those who left in the recent years of the crisis.” The Athens B redistricting amendment
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