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Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyby Turkey has scored some victories over Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, are causing concern in Athens... reclaimed from Haftar’s forces. Last week, Haftar also lost the key airbase of Wuitya. Foreign... Halifa Haftar last November following the signing of the two memorandums regarding between Turkey
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign PolicyBenghazi-based leader Khalifa Haftar to sign it. Over the last couple of years, the Turkish government has been in close contact with Haftar and his sons to achieve this goal. In fact, a few weeks ago it became known that Haftar was invited to visit Ankara and meet Erdogan. Athens is trying to block
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PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece marked on Thursday the 40th anniversary of its accession to what was then the European Economic Community, but remarks made in the presence of EU dignitaries by Prime Minister Kyriakos... for Greece, not a party-political gathering. SYRIZA referred to Mitsotakis’s remarks as “incendiary
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policy. Gerapetritis emphasised in his remarks the importance of these relations. “Our relationship with Egypt...) of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Until very recently, Benghazi’s rulers were firmly against Turkey... in Tobruk and now, in Benghazi. But now it seems that Haftar appears willing to discuss
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign Policyunchallenged, the Greek government invited the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar to Athens. Haftar was due to meet both Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Prime Minister Kyriakos... General Khalifa Haftar may have been enough for the Greek government to be excluded, with the UN
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Ankara springs surprise on Athens with Libya maritime deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyMogherini. Cairo and the Parliament of Eastern Libya, which supports commander Khalifa Haftar, have... called Turkey’s Ambassador to Athens, Burak Ozgurgegin, to the Foreign Ministry in Athens to demand
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsand his documentaries, and poetic remarks about the ocean’s fragility, added emotional texture... Haftar, of enabling illegal crossings. While the spike in the number of the arrivals in question, up
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Survey attempts to map current contours of progressivism in Greece
SocietyThe first national survey conducted on behalf of the Progressive Lab’s sketches a profile of modern...-launched Progressive Lab describes itself as a “laboratory for the production of ideas and political proposals.” “The Progressive Lab was created with one purpose: The redefinition of progressive
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To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsliberal parties, Drasi, threw its weight behind To Potami this week. Drasi has tried for a number... to a broad audience. Drasi gained 1.8 percent in the May 2012 elections and teamed up with another liberal... media coverage than other smaller parties. Drasi always found it difficult to convince voters
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Greece and Albania seek to leave Beleri case behind in 2024 after year of turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policyup his duties.” Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani admitted last week that “there are negotiations, ideas, and commitments from both sides to find a solution.” Hasani denied that Tirana and Athens
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