Foreign Policy: Η Δύση έχει ανάγκη τον «δυσάρεστο και αυταρχικό» Ερντογάν
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EU ambivalence on Western Balkans
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Shipping Minister: We save lives in the Aegean
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Policy dilemmas
Policy dilemmas The government is expected to announce its strategy to reduce household spending on electricity from July onward. There are two plans on the table. One is radical and does not drain the state budget: It foresees that the energy market is effectively suspended at the marginal price (a measure that was introduced to […]
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AHIF’s foreign policy students embark for Greece and Cyprus
AHIF’s foreign policy students embark for Greece and Cyprus The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) College Student Foreign Policy Trip to Greece and Cyprus begins its 14th year as students from across the United States gathered for briefings in Washington, D.C., this week, prior to departing for Cyprus. The 17-day program concludes on July 1, […]
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ATHEX: Bourse suffers selling spree
ATHEX: Bourse suffers selling spree The combination of the European Central Bank policy tightening with the soaring US inflation data sent Greek stocks to a downward spiral on Friday in line with most other eurozone bourses. The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index closed at 862.55 points, shedding 2.72% from Thursday’s 886.64 points. On a weekly […]
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US-Cyprus technology cooperation
US-Cyprus technology cooperation Cyprus’ Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Kyriacos Kokkinos has held a series of important meetings in New York and Washington aiming to promote cooperation with the US in the fields of research, innovation and technological development, in the framework of the 10-year Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation signed […]
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Germany’s policy of ‘equal distances’ between Greece and Turkey
Germany’s policy of ‘equal distances’ between Greece and Turkey With Turkey escalating its provocations against Greece in the Aegean, we saw Germany once again – at least initially – call on “both sides” to reduce tensions. Following a reaction in Athens at this perceived neutrality, Germany’s government firmed up its stance and called Turkey’s overflights […]
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High Gas Prices the Result of Fiscal Policy Says Calamos CEO Koudounis
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Editorial Ta Nea: Greece’s values-based foreign policy
Editorial Ta Nea: Greece’s values-based foreign policy The Russo-Ukrainian war gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the opportunity to break his diplomatic isolation and return to the table of the major international players, donning the mantle of a mediator. His bargaining chip is that due to his country’s good relations with both Russia and Ukraine, […]
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Mitsotakis policy will be defeated in the next elections, SYRIZA’s Iliopoulos says
Mitsotakis policy will be defeated in the next elections, SYRIZA’s Iliopoulos says “Mitsotakis’ (Kyriakos, Prime Minister) policy will be defeated in the next elections,” SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance spokesperson Nassos Iliopoulos stated on Monday speaking to SKAI TV. He claimed that the most crucial poll is that this moment the majority of the people does not have […]
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Kikilias: Social policy is the institutional interventions of the government to support citizens
Kikilias: Social policy is the institutional interventions of the government to support citizens “Social policy is not words, nor wishes. Social policy is the institutional interventions that we undertake in order to support our fellow citizens, in practice,” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias pointed out in an interview with OPEN TV on Sunday. Kikilias noted that […]
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Foreign Policy: Το παράθυρο για να εκδιωχθεί η Ρωσία είναι τώρα – Η σημασία του Ντονμπάς, οι διαφορές με την Κριμαία
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Gov’t concern over recession
Gov’t concern over recession The expected shift in the eurozone monetary policy with the earlier-than-expected rise in interest rates due to the strong inflationary pressures adds new risks to the Greek economy. The rise of the state’s cost of borrowing is the first obvious effect, but not the only one: Economists and government officials are […]
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Greek e-governance Min.: Greece and Italy share the same digital policy
Greek e-governance Min.: Greece and Italy share the same digital policy The Greek Minister of Digital Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, participated at the forum ‘Verso Sud (Looking Southward): European strategy for a new geopolitical, economic and socio-cultural season in the Mediterranean’ held on Saturday in Sorrento, Italy. This is organized by the Minister for Southern Italy […]
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EU to provide new 500 million euro military aid to Ukraine, Borrell says
EU to provide new 500 million euro military aid to Ukraine, Borrell says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday the bloc would provide a further 500 million euros’ worth of military support to Ukraine and that he was confident a deal could be reached in the coming days to agree an embargo […]
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Enriching Greece’s foreign policy objectives
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Foreign Policy: Οι δυτικές χώρες κινδυνεύουν από τους μισθοφόρους στην Ουκρανία
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Androulakis criticizes government’s energy policy
Androulakis criticizes government’s energy policy Nikos Androulakis, leader of center-left opposition party PASOK-KINAL, criticised the government for its energy policy in an interview with Radio Thessaloniki on Monday, insisting on the need for a ceiling to the re-adjustment clause in the electricity retail price. “Mitsotakis and Tsipras want a ceiling to the wholesale rates and […]
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Syriza MP Katrougalos: Gov’t reversing foreign policy tradition re Ukraine
Syriza MP Katrougalos: Gov’t reversing foreign policy tradition re Ukraine Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made “a grave error” by “overturning a time-honored doctrine of Greek foreign policy” and turning Greece into a western outpost, charged SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance MP George Katrougalos on Friday. At a round table of the party’s 3rd Congress in Faliro, Katrougalos, a […]
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Katrougalos accuses PM of overturning Greek foreign policy
Katrougalos accuses PM of overturning Greek foreign policy Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made “a grave error” by “overturning a time-honored doctrine of Greek foreign policy” and turning Greece into a western outpost, the foreign affairs spokesperson of main opposition SYRIZA said on Friday. At a round table of the party’s 3rd Congress in Faliro, Giorgos […]
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Cyprus and Greece sign agreement in Digital Policy and Cybersecurity
Cyprus and Greece sign agreement in Digital Policy and Cybersecurity A new era in the relations between Cyprus and Greece in the field of digital transformation begins today, said Kyriacos Kokkinos, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy on Wednesday after the signing of a memorandum of understanding in the field of Digital Policy […]
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The misunderstood German policy with Russia
The misunderstood German policy with Russia Before the recent reversal in German foreign policy, commentaries had presented Germany over the last weeks and months as a dangerously cowardly country, delaying a united European front against Russia. They have put forward Germany’s extensive economic ties with Russia and reluctance to supply the Ukrainian side with weapons. […]
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A new foreign policy doctrine for Greece?
A new foreign policy doctrine for Greece? Expert Constantinos Filis joins our host Thanos Davelis to discuss Greece’s decision to assist Ukraine and the broader shift in Greece’s foreign policy doctrine that has seen the government upend the country’s long-standing aversion to getting involved in foreign conflicts. Filis is the Director of the Institute of […]
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Putting the Biden administration in perspective
Putting the Biden administration in perspective Having lobbied US policy toward Greece and Cyprus on the front lines in Washington, DC since Turkey’s 1974 invasion and occupation of Cyprus, we found the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency a dramatic departure from nearly all previous administrations. And they did so in a shortened first year. […]
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Pyatt: Greece enjoying US support on key foreign policy issues
Pyatt: Greece enjoying US support on key foreign policy issues The US supports Greece on key foreign policy issues, including Turkish aggression, American Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt has said, while saying of Washington’s NATO ally that it is “on the right side of history.” Pyatt made the comments Tuesday during the 3rd Conference on Southeast Europe, […]
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Greece-UAE foreign policy, defense deal tabled in parliament
Greece-UAE foreign policy, defense deal tabled in parliament An agreement of cooperation in foreign policy and defense between the governments of Greece and the United Arab Emirates has been tabled in parliament for ratification, it was reported on Saturday. The deal was signed in Abu Dhabi on November 18, 2020. Additional clauses were also signed […]
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‘First Invasion in Europe since 1974′
‘First Invasion in Europe since 1974′ The director of foreign policy at the Center for European Reform, Ian Bond, is a former British diplomat who knows Greece well, not least because he studied Classics at Oxford. The Turkish invasion of Cyprus is a distinct chapter in British diplomatic history (and Britain remains a guarantor power […]
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A new age of German foreign policy
A new age of German foreign policy On February 27, 2022 the new German government decided on a historical shift of its foreign policy and security doctrine, with consequences not only for Germany but for Europe and the Western alliance at large. The spectacular turnaround is a direct result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and […]
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