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Tsipras and ND renew hostilities amid speculation about ex-PM’s plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn extensive survey measuring how satisfied Greeks who live abroad are with their lives compared to those who have remained in the homeland has triggered a renewal of hostilities between New Democracy and an old adversary, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The tetchy exchange comes amid
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PM hopes energy, US deals offer political lifeline as Samaras drags him towards domestic mire
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing a week of high-profile diplomacy and bold declarations, during which Greece tried to thrust itself onto the global energy stage, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hoping to turn the moment into a political turning point at home. In the meantime, though, an old adversary in the form
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Tsipras sets electoral battle lines as first autumn poll shows ND's advantage holding
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party as a “competitor, not an adversary”, saying that the real opponent remains the right, while
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras can reach the 151 out of 300 MPs he needs for a parliamentary majority. SYRIZA has 145 MPs... not secure the 151 votes he is aiming for, he will be under pressure to set a date for Greeks to the polls... not get the 151 votes he is looking for he will press ahead with the vote on the Prespes Agreement
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras edges closer to securing the 151 votes he wants without any... needs another five votes to reach 151. Constitutionally, he only needs a majority of those present..., Tsipras would need just one more vote to reach 151. There has been much speculation over recent days
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign Policya cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey, towards Libya’s shores. Also, being on the “wrong... have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey to the Libya’s shores. Athens believes... naval mission to Libya on March 31. The new operation is named after the Greek word for peace “Irini
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Erdogan's Hagia Sophia move adds to complexity, uncertainty of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policy, bilateral cooperation between EU-Turkey on the refugee/migrant issue and developments related to Libya... violation of the arms embargo in Libya, according to a high-ranking EU official. There is a growing... by Turkey and the Turkey-Libya memorandum, Dendias said that “Greece has capable armed forces
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policydeal signed last November between Ankara and the UN-recognized government in Libya’s Tripoli. Even... within the Turkish continental shelf” and that the agreement also violates Libya’s maritime rights... Libya maritime deal. Kastellorizo and the eastern part of Rhodes were left out, as was widely expected
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyon the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya... with a new, legal and permanent government in Libya and sign a maritime agreement with its southern
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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek Politics. Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims were members of the Greek armed forces who were part of an official mission to Libya to help
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