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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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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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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.
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Greece reignites energy alliance talks with Israel and Cyprus amid US interest Greece is seeking to revive the “energy triangle” with Cyprus and Israel — a move that appears to be attracting interest from the United States.
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Mitsotakis heads to Gaza Peace Summit with focus on wider regional developments Athens sees the Gaza peace agreement that is due to be signed on Monday in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh as historic and a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East.
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Gaza continues to expose political fault lines as PM hopes peace deal brings less scrutiny Greece’s Foreign Ministry may have welcomed a US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas as “historic” this week, but the tension between the Greek government and opposition parties over the country’s stance on the Gaza issue continues to be intense and visible.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
PM defends stance on Turkey and troubled electricity cable project Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is planning to meet with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York with the aim of maintaining the current stability in relations between the two countries, while reiterating that Ankara needs to abolish its casus belli clause for ties to improve.