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Mitsotakis uses UN stage to project leadership as poll shows dip for ELAS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his address to the 81st UN General Assembly on Thursday to present Greece as a stabilising force in a turbulent international environment, combining messages of regional diplomacy, economic resilience and technological caution.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
GSI tensions and defence moves raise stakes in Greek–Turkish relations Turkey’s renewed warnings towards Greece are increasingly being viewed in Athens not as isolated bursts of rhetoric, but as part of a broader shift in a relationship that in recent years has operated under a carefully managed - and always fragile - calm.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Greece facing period of renewed tension with Turkey in Aegean The latest escalation in Greek–Turkish relations is being assessed in Athens with growing concern — not because officials believe a confrontation is necessarily imminent, but because Ankara is gradually reintroducing almost all the issues that had been kept at relatively low intensity since the February 2023 earthquakes and the subsequent Athens Declaration.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Iran threat and Turkish "grey zones" revival puncture August lull The traditional August pause in Greek politics has been interrupted this week by the near-simultaneous emergence of an external security threat and a renewed Turkish challenge to Greek sovereign rights, forcing the government to manage both a military contingency and a diplomatic dispute while Parliament remains in recess.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Mitsotakis raises alarm over Hormuz, Turkey and new geography of European security Three separate interventions - Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s extensive interview on the Financial Times’ Rachman Review podcast, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias’s remarks at a discussion in Athens organised by the Kyklos think-tank on Wednesday, and former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis’s warning about Turkey’s emerging “Blue Homeland” legislation - delivered a cohesive message to Europe, reflecting Greece’s belief that that the EU needs to step up on strategic and defensive matters.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics A compressed, post‑Easter political week opens in Athens with the government facing simultaneous pressure on two domestic fronts - the OPEKEPE case files and the revived surveillance affair - while also navigating a sharp rhetorical clash with Ankara and preparing for Emmanuel Macron’s visit later in the month.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Mitsotakis distances himself from Israel’s Lebanon offensive as industry warns of energy crunch PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to reframe Greece’s perspective on the evolving situation in the Middle East, taking a more critical view of Israel’s actions in Lebanon while still trying to maintain a strategic balance as a partner in regional security.
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Iran war creates turbulence for Greek tourism outlook The Iran war has introduced a level of volatility into the Greek tourism sector not seen since the pandemic in 2020. Four weeks into the conflict, the effects are already visible: jet fuel costs have doubled, pushing airfares higher, while the paralysis of Middle Eastern aviation hubs has severed vital connections to the East.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background Following a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday, Greece, Cyprus and Israel agreed to deepen their trilateral cooperation.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
No surprises in Trump’s NSS for Greece as Athens outlines Ukraine position The US National Security Strategy (NSS), published on November 5, crystallises many of the core elements of the White House’s global approach.