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FM heads to Ankara for rare talks as Greece and Turkey court Libya
PoliticsForeign Policy. That was also the last visit by a Greek official to Ankara until now. The mood ahead of Dendias’s... 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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Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe much-advertised split between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) seems to be just days away... ANEL, has called a meeting of the party’s parliamentary group and executive committee on Wednesday... procedure in Skopje is due to be completed by January 14 at the latest. Therefore, ANEL’s departure
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign Policyat bringing an end to the longstanding conflict in Libya. Following Moscow’s recent unsuccessful efforts... the possibility of the memorandum on sea borders between Ankara and UN backed government in Libya going... second meeting on the Libyan crisis. In an interview with Alpha TV on Thursday, Mitsotakis warned
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Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe interview given by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to ANT-1 TV on Monday did not only focus... to contest and challenge in practical terms Greek sovereign rights via the Libya-Turkey memorandum. Commenting on the attitude of Turkey and the memorandum with Libya, Mitsotakis announced the intention
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPappas (who retains his position), reportedly drafting the legislation for digital TV permits and the re... (ANEL). Former PASOK official Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, who served in two cabinets under ex-Prime... Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. This was interpreted as a sign that she might join
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agoradeplored. Instead, Tsipras opted to join forces with Kammenos. His nascent Independent Greeks (ANEL... New Democracy to found nationalist, anti-bailout ANEL. If this meant turning a blind eye and deaf ear to some of the extreme views and unsavoury behaviour of ANEL and its leader, this was a risk worth
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorathe second programme, called Independent Greeks (ANEL) managed to exceed 10 percent despite having... nationalists ANEL instead of the centrist liberals of To Potami, which had come fourth and had more seats... to win the September 2015 elections, forming the same coalition with ANEL, before voters had fully
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ANEL adds to uncertainty over Macedonia name deal and its political impact
PoliticsGreek Politicshis TV appearance that ANEL might support a censure motion from New Democracy if the conservatives... show on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL.... Theodoros Tosounidis did not rule out the possibility of ANEL failing to support its governing
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Coalition majority trimmed further after unexpected loss of ANEL MP
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition lost another MP on Tuesday, when Independent Greeks (ANEL) deputy Giorgos Lazaridis.... Another ANEL MP, Dimitris Kammenos, was ousted from the party when he voted in favour of the censure... MPs (145 from SYRIZA, 7 from ANEL) in the 300-seat Parliament, leaving Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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Athens gets seat at Libya conference, but talks yield little
PoliticsForeign PolicyAn 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... of Libya and its people. “We reiterate our commitment to the success of the Libyan political process
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