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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:22:00 GMT

The expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government... for their own version of the expat vote. The initiative is staunchly opposed by Communist Party KKE.... On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Parliament lifting restrictions on Greeks voting

Athens prepares for Blinken visit, hopeful of Libya shifting position

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:53:00 GMT

that will be formed following elections in Libya. This was set out in a Note Verbale that the Greek Foreign Ministry lodged to the Embassy of Libya in Athens last week, with which it refuted..., according to a report by the Libya Review, which was confirmed by Greek sources, the Tripoli Administrative

Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:36:00 GMT

The two note verbale recently submitted to the United Nations by Libya underlined that relations... the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, which Greece and the EU have repeatedly declared null and void... to the diplomatic notes from Libya’s Tripoli-based government, the Greek government believes the move

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

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

Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:40:00 GMT

as Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s

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

Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis

Tue, 26 May 2020 12:57:00 GMT

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... what is going on in Libya, whose future has become unpredictable. The Greek side turned to Marshall