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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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Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister’s remarks come amid growing public frustration over the cost of living, housing shortages... rural unrest and the government’s handling of agricultural subsidies. Mitsotakis reiterated his
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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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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage
PoliticsGreek Politics, as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of rural affairs... focus back on law and order in a bid to win back disaffected conservative voters. Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras is set to meet New Democracy deputies from rural constituencies today
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New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
PoliticsGreek Politicsnumbers of voters in rural areas. Footage of the visit show the PM’s convoy being diverted along farm... in rural areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined... the mood, which has grown increasingly restive as rural voters complained of being condemned
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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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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsserved at the Rural Development Ministry during the 2019-2024 period investigated by the European... OPEKEPE officials allegedly colluded with representatives of the Rural Development Ministry... with General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi as part of an EU mission and questions about the property
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
of democracy. Their remarks suggested that the farmers’ mobilisation is part of a wider narrative... sympathy for rural grievances. Opinion was divided on tactics: 46 percent opposed road blockades, while... agency OPEKEPE, criticising delays and high production costs. At a marathon meeting on Wednesday, rural
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