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Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
PoliticsForeign Policyplanning his visit to Libya for some time, but due to several postponements the visit was finally... Council, Mohamed al Menfi, also Libya’s former Ambassador to Greece. When Dendias’s airplane landed... energy exploration deal with Ankara based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum, which Greece has
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Migratory flows and maritime rights create Libya conundrum for Athens
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe issue of Libya is a concern again for the Greek government and its diplomats. However, this time problems with Libya do not only concern the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli... worrying developments for Athens. The first concerns the increased migratory flows from Libya
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Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyand the UN-backed government in Libya, which Athens saw as a potential threat to its maritime rights...Developments in Libya, where a UN-backed government of National Accord (GNA) supported militarily... in Libya. The recent military victories for the GNA have led to nearly all of western Libya being
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Greece set to reopen embassy in Libya as it seeks better ties with Tripoli
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece 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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FM heads to Ankara for rare talks as Greece and Turkey court Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyfor many years and various reasons. The Greek side saw as an opportunity the formation of Libya’s new... 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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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agoraelections that saw Karamanlis’s administration lose to George Papandreou’s PASOK in a landslide... reasonable doubt to declare that there was no effort to control spending. The report stresses that although....” Uncontrolled spending and a ballooning deficit with a heavy dependency on market access, which was soon
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agorafollowing a presentation at the London School of Economics. “Members of the general public have a duty... administration without its own serious faults. Neither does accepting that Greece had lost control... what triggered Greece’s crisis is a matter of democratic duty. Nick Malkoutzis
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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
a battering because of heavy rain and storms that led to flooding on Evia over the weekend... of natural disasters over which it has no control. In fact, government spokesman Yiannis Economou... to a further erosion of New Democracy’s substantial lead in the opinion polls. Storm Ballos, which hit Athens
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policyaiming to prevent any shipment of arms to Libya’s two factions. The operation will involve the deployment of warships to enforce the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. According to the EU foreign... as in Libya. Greece was not invited, again, to the Berlin process aiming for a solution for the Libyan crisis
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Our tragedy: How could this happen?
AgoraControl System (ETCS) were highlighted repeatedly over the past few years by independent media..., the dereliction of such a basic duty reeks of indifference. An official overseeing the installation... that cost-cutting and staff shortages have had. In any case, such heavy responsibility cannot rest
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