January 15, 2020
Greece, Politics
With a good portion of delay, the US State Department finally took position on the Turkey-Libya Agreement and Ankara’s Claims that the Greek islands have neither Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf. The agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea signed by Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National …
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January 9, 2020
Greece, Politics
The Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Cyprus, Greece and Italy met in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss latest regional developments and the situation in East Mediterranean Sea. the five foreign Ministers issued a communique in which they condemned the Turkey-Libya Agreement. A day earlier, EU’s foreign policy chief and the …
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December 12, 2019
Turkey-GR
“Turkey has applied to United Nations to register the agreement signed with Libya that sets the countries’ maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. Citing diplomatic sources, Anadolu said Ankara applied to the UN to register the memorandum on Wednesday. A Foreign Ministry official confirmed …
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December 10, 2019
World
“I have orders to sink as many Turkish ship arrive in Libya,” Admiral Faraz Al-Mahdawi told Greek media on Monday. Al-Mahdawi is the chief of the Libyan fleet under General Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army. “I have an order, if the Turkish research vessels come, to sink them. …
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December 8, 2019
World
Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Sunday announced that pacts with Turkey over maritime jurisdiction areas as well as military and security cooperation went into effect, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Sunday evening. According to the Libyan GNA’s Justice Ministry, the internationally recognized government’s Presidential Council requested …
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December 5, 2019
Turkey-GR
The Turkish Parliament ratified the memorandum of Understanding with Libya on Thursday evening. The MoU is in fact an Agreement renamed into Memorandum in order to avoid ratification by the Libyan Parliament that has disagreed with it. The pseudo-MoU has already condemned by Greece, the EU, US, Russia, Egypt, Israel …
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November 29, 2019
Greece
Greece threatens to expel the Libyan ambassador to Athens if he does not disclose the “maritime boundaries” Agreement between Libya and Turkey until next Thursday, December 5, Athens is concerned about the agreement that is supposed to determine the maritime boundaries between the two countries even though the island of …
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August 21, 2019
Economy
The European Commission has hailed the one year anniversary of Greece successfully concluding stability support programme. In a statement issue don Wednesday, the Commission said: Today marks one year since Greece successfully concluded its European Stability Mechanism (ESM) stability support programme. The 3-year stability support programme took a coordinated approach …
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July 24, 2019
Turkey-GR
“Migrants readmission agreement with the European Union has been suspended,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on Wednesday, following the sanctions of the EU due to the illegal drilling in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus. In an interview with Turkish private TGRT TV, Cavusoglu stated “we will not wait …
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June 27, 2019
Economy
A joint venture of Exxon Mobil, Total and the Hellenic Petroleum signed an agreement with Greece to proceed with energy exploratory drilling and hydrocarbon exploitation in the sea area West and South-West of the island of Crete in the south Aegean Sea. The contracts grant the joint venture the right …
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June 21, 2019
Economy
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed that Greece and ExxonMobil will sign an agreement for gas exploration South and West off the island of Crete. The agreement will be signed next week, Tsipras said during a press conference after the European Council Summit in Brussels on Friday. Greece is proceeding to …
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February 28, 2019
Economy
At least 75 million euros per year will flow into the coffers of the Greek state with the new agreement signed between the government and the Shipping Community on Wednesday. According to the new agreement “the payment of a sum equivalent to 10% of the imported dividends of the members …
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November 10, 2018
Greece, Politics
For two hours Educations and Religious Affairs Minister Costas Gavroglou was briefing Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul about the recent agreement between the government and the Greek Orthodox Church of Greece. I twas the second time within two days, the Ecumenical Patriarch was receiving a briefing by Greek officials on …
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October 10, 2018
Greece
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and Tsipras’ junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos proposed an alternative agreement with FYROM free of the Macedonia name issue. The leader of Independent Greeks (ANEL) is a fierce opponent of the Prespes Agreement. During a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell in Washington …
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September 4, 2018
Strikes
The Greek Seamen’s unions Federation PNO has reportedly agreed with shipowners for Passenger Ships on Tuesday noon. The ferries strike ends later on Tuesday, media report, and not at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 5th 2018, as originally scheduled. PNO and shipowners agreed for a 2% wage raise for 2018 and …
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August 17, 2018
Politics, Refugees
Berlin and Athens have reached an agreement that will allow Germany to return asylum seekers to Greece, a German Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. The agreement will extend to asylum seekers registered in the Eurodac system the spokesperson said. “We have reached an agreement with Greece, the interior ministries …
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July 3, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Macedonia Agreement will not be ratified without the consent of the people, Tsipras’ junior coalition partner ANEL said on Tuesday morning. In a press conference called early in the morning, ANEL leader and Greece’s Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos said there has to be either elections or a referendum on …
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June 26, 2018
Very Mix
Dozens of far-rights and members of a local football club rioted in city of Thessaloniki over the Macedonia agreement. Police used tear gas and stun grenades in attempts to break up protests that lasted until late on Monday night. Macedonia protesters chanted slogans and “Macedonia is Greek” and accused the …
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June 25, 2018
Politics, World
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, that the NATO will invite the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to be full member of the North Atlantic Alliance only if it ratifies the Macedonia Agreement with Greece and YES will prevail in the referendum. Arriving at the European Union Council …
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June 17, 2018
Greece, Politics
While officials from Athens and Skopje were celebrating the “historic agreement,” protesters clashed with police nearby and in some villages church bells rang in mourning. In the small village of Psarades at the Prespes Lake, Greece and FYROM signed the Macedonia agreement that will rename the Former Yugoslav Republic of …
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