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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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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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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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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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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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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the funds needed to pay 1.6 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund this month. While talks... on to their seats if they quit their parties. On Saturday, Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis admitted
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Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015
-page photo shots in newspapers or social media. * Citizens and businesses proceeded to pay down private... will continue to hover above Greece until the third bailout has been agreed. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis
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Bailout talks, SYRIZA bickering continue - no definite end date for either
PoliticsGreek Politicsbridge loan following July's 7.2-billion-euro package to pay the ECB-held bond, pending an agreement... meant that ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had committed treason. Panousis's superior, Interior
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agora, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking a good game to get elected, he will pay only lip... as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister, from where he could draft legislation
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