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Athens and Ankara keep ties ticking over pending elections
Landmark presidential and parliamentary elections that will determine the future course of Turkey are to take place on May 14.
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Blinken visit highlights Greece's growing role as key regional partner
Amid the geopolitical turmoil in Europe due to the war in Ukraine, the US sees Greece as a pivotal ally and partner within NATO and beyond, in Southeast Europe.
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Blinken visits Athens as opportunity emerges for thaw in Greek-Turkish relations
For the first time since taking over at the State Department in Washington, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to visit Greece this Tuesday following his trips to Germany and Turkey.
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Energy tops agenda as FM heads to Israel
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was due to visit Israel on Tuesday with the aim of reaffirming Greece’s strong ties with the new government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Athens prepares for Blinken visit, hopeful of Libya shifting position
Athens appears ready to begin talks on the delimitation of sea zones with the government that will be formed following elections in Libya.
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Greek-Turkish enmity to continue as polls loom, sea borders come into play
In a strange political coincidence, the first half of 2023 elections are due to be held in Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.
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Athens poised to take next steps on maritime borders
The war in Ukraine and the energy crisis it precipitated have created a new environment for co-operation and synergies in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Athens expands survey area off Crete, signs MoU with Egypt
Greece’s decision to issue a new Navtex, expanding the area of seismic surveys for hydrocarbon deposits by US ExxonMobil southwest of Crete, is expected to act as a test of the government in Tripoli (GNA) as well as Turkey.
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Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
The diplomatic incident that took place last Thursday morning at Tripoli airport has stoked a new crisis in the already strained Greek-Libyan relations.
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
Last week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the initiation of seismic surveys to locate potential natural gas reserves in two offshore blocks southwest of the Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Crete.