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  1. Athens gets seat at Libya conference, but talks yield little

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    ’s readiness to co-operate at both a bilateral and European level with any new government in Libya...An international conference on Libya ended in Paris on Friday with a commitment from the North... a schedule for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya. However, analysts and observers

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  2. Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist
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    Increased migrant flows from Libya to southern Crete are causing the Greek government much concern.... This is why European Commissioner Magnus Brunner is visiting Libya on Tuesday. He is due to meet officials... hour. Talks focused on the problem of the irregular arrivals from the northeastern part of Libya

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  3. Diplomatic drive turns to Ukraine and Libya, again

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    went on a working visit to Libya on July 4 and 5, with stops in Tripoli and Benghazi. The visit took.... While Fragogiannis was in Libya, Dendias visited Kiev and Odessa to hold talks with the Ukrainian... hope for the safeguarding of their rights.” Libya On the same day and some kilometers away

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  4. Greece set to reopen embassy in Libya as it seeks better ties with Tripoli
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    Greece is due to reopen this Tuesday its embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli, which has been closed... and current head of Libya’s presidency council, Mohamed Al-Menfi. The Greek premier will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias as the pair try to rekindle relations between Greece and Libya. Athens

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  5. FM heads to Ankara for rare talks as Greece and Turkey court Libya
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    of the two foreign ministers’ meeting will mainly focus on bilateral issues. Turkey is expected to raise... memorandum, which the Greek side is seeking to be annulled. Return to Libya The very same issue topped the agenda of talks between Mitsotakis and Libya’s al-Menfi on Wednesday in Athens. Following

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  6. Athens looks to bolster ties with African states, beyond Libya
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    of this absence was the signing of the Turkey-Libya Maritime Boundary Treaty in November 2019, which served as a warning for Greece and the way it views Africa. Also, Turkey’s military presence in Libya and its... this framework, it is of utmost importance Greece’s participation at a high-level meeting on Libya organised

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  7. Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    an immediate resolution, which could have a negative impact on the Greek-Egyptian bilateral relations... with Libya The Greek Foreign Minister is to travel to North Africa again at the end of the month visiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s

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  8. Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Jurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... announcement that both ministers agreed “to revamp the [Greek-Italian] negotiations on a bilateral... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes

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  9. Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence

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    Greece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern

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  10. Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database..., Athens has tried through high-level bilateral meetings and visits by both the Prime Minister

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