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Turkey climbs up agenda as snap election expectations grow
PoliticsGreek Politicssummit in Madrid, concern among voters about relations between Athens and Ankara appears to have shot... signed by Ankara, Stockholm and Helsiniki means the Swedes and Fins will be able to sell weapons... is another attempt by Ankara to encroach on Greece’s rights. In another indication of the government
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Mitsotakis counters Erdogan claims at UN, makes case for cooperation
PoliticsForeign Policyof an aggressor, not a peacemaker.” He tried to emphasize Ankara’s “revisionist agenda”, the aggressive... as Turkey behaves the way it does.” He also noted that following such a path, Ankara will eventually... called “outrageous” Ankara’s accusations against Greece on the matter stressing that “it is in fact
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Migration back on main political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics, the issue of migration, one of the friction points between Athens and Ankara, was making headlines again... side, accusing Ankara of failing to implement the EU-Turkey agreement and not doing enough to stop... war in which Ankara wants to portray Greece as a rogue actor, as it does in the arguments it makes
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Tragedies bring period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policya reception for EU Ambassadors in Ankara to thank their countries for the solidarity following... foreign policy. Athens and Ankara seemingly acknowledge the change of atmosphere, but the current.... Athens has notified Ankara as well as NATO and EU partners that is willing to remain in dialogue
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Greece and Turkey differ on agenda as they prepare for foreign ministers to meet
PoliticsForeign Policymeeting in Ankara. However, Turkey reiterated last week - in remarks made by diplomatic sources to Turkish... that Ankara maintains that the concerns regarding the Muslim minority in Greece’s Thrace region.... It seems that both Athens and Ankara are eager to proceed with their ongoing political dialogue
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Meeting of Greek and Turkish foreign ministers not expected to yield breakthrough
PoliticsForeign Policythat for Athens are “red lines”. For the time being Ankara does not seem to have changed its overall approach... summit in January in Ankara, where the 6th High-Level Cooperation Council between Greece and Turkey... in Cyprus, indirectly accused the Greek government of being prepared to yield to Ankara’s demands. He
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE
PoliticsForeign PolicyTensions between Greece and Turkey have resurfaced, this time over Ankara’s bid to participate... be no discussion.” Fidan’s remarks came just two days after the German Foreign Minister visited Ankara... by former European Council President Charles Michel in 2020, during a previous spike in Athens-Ankara
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Officials downplay significance of Trump F-35 signal to Turkey amid fears of softer US sanctions
PoliticsGreek Politicsdropped by the president at the NATO summit in Ankara. While New Democracy remains dominant... sanctions”. This is the warmest public messaging from a US president toward Ankara in years; however... missile systems from Russia, have restricted Ankara’s access to the F-35 programme, of which Greece
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new round of talks with the troika is pending so the last thing the Greek government needed at the moment was a court decision forcing it to return hundreds of millions of euros to civil servants, thereby forcing the Finance Ministry to find the equiv...
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Signs that Greece-eurozone deal may be in sight but much work remains
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the dust settles from Wednesday’s inconclusive Eurogroup, it is difficult to assess with certainty whether events in Brussels leave Greece and the eurozone closer or further from an agreement. The meeting of eurozone finance ministers did not lead to...
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