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Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis

Tue, 26 May 2020 12:57:00 GMT

, Aguilla Saleh Issa, last Thursday. Late last month, the head of Libya’s eastern-based Parliament put...Developments in Libya, where a UN-backed government of National Accord (GNA) supported militarily... in Libya. The recent military victories for the GNA have led to nearly all of western Libya being

Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:57:00 GMT

previous ones meant that any troika financing was put immediately on hold. This left Alexis Tsipras’s... institutions in the quartet consider a sustainable gross debt servicing burden. What will put pressure... an extensive pensions cost saving exercise that has to deliver complete savings of 1 percent of GDP

Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:25:00 GMT

Greece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern

Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:23:00 GMT

to be heard” government sources insisted. However, Athens was again not invited to the so-called Libya process meeting that took place last week. Libya The same issue dominated talks Mitsotakis held last week... premier urged the US official to put pressure on the Tripoli government to discuss the delimitation

Athens gets seat at Libya conference, but talks yield little

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:16:00 GMT

An international conference on Libya ended in Paris on Friday with a commitment from the North... a schedule for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya. However, analysts and observers... of Libya and its people. “We reiterate our commitment to the success of the Libyan political process

Govt brings energy saving to forefront as cost of support set to skyrocket

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:48:00 GMT

Europe has sharpened the minds of policy makers in Athens, who are belatedly looking to energy-saving.... Finance Minister Christos Staïkouras put the total amount earmarked for this year at 10 billion euros... for essential use and the most vulnerable consumers, while incentivising energy saving. The energy regulator

Migratory flows and maritime rights create Libya conundrum for Athens

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 05:47:00 GMT

The issue of Libya is a concern again for the Greek government and its diplomats. However, this time problems with Libya do not only concern the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli... worrying developments for Athens. The first concerns the increased migratory flows from Libya

Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:11:00 GMT

Increased migrant flows from Libya to southern Crete are causing the Greek government much concern.... This is why European Commissioner Magnus Brunner is visiting Libya on Tuesday. He is due to meet officials... hour. Talks focused on the problem of the irregular arrivals from the northeastern part of Libya

Diplomatic drive turns to Ukraine and Libya, again

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:31:00 GMT

went on a working visit to Libya on July 4 and 5, with stops in Tripoli and Benghazi. The visit took.... While Fragogiannis was in Libya, Dendias visited Kiev and Odessa to hold talks with the Ukrainian... hope for the safeguarding of their rights.” Libya On the same day and some kilometers away

Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:28:00 GMT

planning his visit to Libya for some time, but due to several postponements the visit was finally... Council, Mohamed al Menfi, also Libya’s former Ambassador to Greece. When Dendias’s airplane landed... energy exploration deal with Ankara based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum, which Greece has