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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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High Covid-19 death rate leads to lockdown extension but fails to dampen vaccine scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a sizeable chunk of Greek society, particularly young people, are reluctant to get the jab... Vassilis Kikilias assured Greeks on Thursday that the jab would be available in Greece at the same time... of Greeks are prepared to get the jab, but 30 pct are not, with 16 pct of those definitely against
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
, especially in Libya,” Pompeo explained. PM Mitsotakis was, no doubt, encouraged by Pompeo’s statements... (+2.6 percent). The monthly seasonally adjusted (SA) retail sales index in July fell by 1.1 percent
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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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If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
Agoraproductivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which
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Worrying Covid data forces ND to take tough policy decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe case for getting the jab. As of Sunday, 62 pct of the general population had received at least one jab. More than a third of the people getting vaccinated over the last few days have been citizens..., the government has only forced health workers to get the jab in order to continue working
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Govt targets unvaccinated with new Covid restrictions, drawing more claims of muddled approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsused by government officials with regard to Greeks who have yet to get the jab has started... getting the jab, as well as treading too softly with regards to the Church of Greece, especially... at all of getting the jab. However, 14 pct of the remaining portion of unvaccinated respondents said
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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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