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Athens hoping for period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations after PM's talks with Erdogan
PoliticsForeign Policythe backdrop of the war in Ukraine, which has allowed the two sides to discuss as “NATO partners” and “pillars... for this autumn. It will be the fifth meeting of this council, which was first convened in 2010 and has... is counting on LNG supplies and has also stressed the need to speed up the exploitation of offshore oil
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Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
AgoraI started writing my book, “The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules”, a couple of months after the June.... As has been confirmed by numerous key players since then, the formation of a coalition government...’s biggest problem, which it has done little to deal with, is its lack of openness as a society
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Athens keeps options open on gas pipelines despite nudge from Washington
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek government’s multi-pronged approach to energy issues has been in focus over the past few... in extending the pipeline, which aims to carry gas from the Black Sea to Turkey. TAP, which has... that the government favours a “pluralistic” approach to energy supplies. "I think that energy security
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Over to PMs after progress in Macedonia name talks
PoliticsForeign Policy“the package related to the positive agenda has been 100 percent agreed.” He further added that “we have... name in all cases related to its international relations. It has been suggested that the opposition... needed. It should be noted that VMRO–DPMNE has been voting in favour lately of all the bills related
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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis has been talking up the impact of his government’s tax cuts, presenting it as a successful recipe... of migrants from the islands, the government has not been able to get to grips with the issue. This has... to envisage last summer, rather than to address any other failings on ND’s part. “If I knew six
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Athens sees ties with Ankara on more even keel as EU ministers review Borrell report
PoliticsForeign Policythat the climate between the two sides has improved over the last couple of weeks. “I have repeatedly highlighted that I was open to a meeting with my Turkish counterpart, my friend Mevlut Cavusoglu... that satisfies the Greek side based on what Dendias has said when repeatedly setting out the Greek
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Greece offers Turkey earthquake support, recalling 1999 thaw in relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyMitsotakis. The 7.8 magnitude quake has awakened memories of the 1999 deadly earthquakes in Istanbul... efforts, that is to provide assistance on top of the Greek rescue mission that has already been... joint statements with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira he noted that “Unfortunately, I have
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Name deal and Beleri case test Greece's relations with North Macedonia, Albania
PoliticsForeign Policy-legitimise the Prespes Agreement. Its new Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has pledged “to do everything... that there is no room for any violation of the Prespes Agreement. Beleri case Athens has the EU’s support... Greece and Albania. The case of the elected MEP however has now become an EU affair with certain
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Tax cuts spearhead Mitsotakis's message in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek Politicswill provide New Democracy with the space it needs and if growth will hit the heights that Mitsotakis has... created.” Mitsotakis indicated that he has raised the fiscal issue with his European counterparts... if it is to apply straight away. The New Democracy leader said that if this does not happen, he has
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agorapenchant for not wearing ties has been the cause of lightheartedness from the moment SYRIZA came to power.... Tsipras, after all, has answered numerous questions about his refusal to wear ties and has been able... Varoufakis’s tendency not to tuck in his shirt has also drawn numerous, mostly negative, comments
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