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Athens aiming to boost EU-Balkan momentum It has been almost three years since the signing of the Prespes Agreement (June 12, 2018) between Greece and North Macedonia and bilateral relations are improving, as evident during the visit of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to Athens last week.
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Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions The informal talks on the Cyprus issue under the auspices of the United Nations concluded last Thursday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres admitting that the meeting failed to find common ground.
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Low expectations for progress in new round of UN-led Cyprus talks The new United Nations-led talks on the Cyprus issue are to take place between April 27-29 at the Palais de Nations in Geneva, but with no real hope of any substantial progress on a matter that has been unresolved for almost 60 years.
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FM explains verbal clash in Ankara but broader strategy remains unclear Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his team reportedly prepared several alternative statements to ensure he would be able to respond adequately and publicly to what his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu would say during their unprecedented and heated press conference exchange on Thursday after talks that were aimed at reducing tension between the two countries.
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Set-to in Ankara well received in Athens, where Covid-19 data causes worry Friday’s news agenda in Greece was dominated by the terse exchanges a day earlier between the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers, which overshadowed to a large extent another day of worrying Covid-19 data for the country’s health authorities.
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FM heads to Ankara for rare talks as Greece and Turkey court Libya Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is visiting Ankara on Thursday, where he is expected to also be received by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following an invitation that arrived in Athens on Wednesday evening.
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey The Greek public sphere witnessed last week a rare incident for the country’s political scene - a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regarding Turkey.
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Greece set to reopen embassy in Libya as it seeks better ties with Tripoli Greece is due to reopen this Tuesday its embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli, which has been closed since 2014 amid the civil war that has torn apart the North African country.
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Athens draws up Turkey strategy after EU Council, Biden input Athens has already begun to plan its new strategy by trying to predict Ankara’s moves following the latest European Council. The 27 EU leaders have given Turkey another chance but without a “cart blanche,” leaving the final decisions on EU-Turkey relations for their June Summit.
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Athens sees ties with Ankara on more even keel as EU ministers review Borrell report Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels this Monday to attend the EU’s General Affairs Council, which is expected to focus on EU-Turkey relations ahead of the European Council this week.