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Athens, Rome move to delimit continental shelf based on 1977 accord

Greece are set to complete and update a 1977 agreement to delimit the two countries’ continental shelf.

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Editorial To Vima: Brexit and us

Brexit will certainly create an opportunity for the 27-member EU to discuss its future prospects and to deal with internal differences.

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Amidst strong threats, Mitsotakis continues push to isolate Turkey internationally

'The Turkey-Libya MOUon the delimitation of maritime borders nfringes upon the sovereign rights of third States, does not comply with the Law of the Sea and cannot produce any legal consequences for third States,' EU leaders said.

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Akar: We are at the same point as 1974, comparing invasion of Cyprus with invasion of its EEZ

 Setting aside Ankara’s bellicose behaviour and territorial claims in Cyprus’ maritime zone and the Aegean, Akar maintained that Turkey supports 'good neighbourly relations, international law and mutual respect'.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Haemorrhage

The governments announcement on the effort to 'rebrain' Greece should have been accompanied by broader planning that takes international experience into account.

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Pyatt argues Turkey-Libya MOU on EEZs violation of international law

'The US legal judgment is that the Turkish government, in its assertions regarding maritime claims and specifically continental shelves, differs with our legal analysis and also with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea,' the US ambassador said.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Messages

Greece must seek the broadest possible support in Europe. It must pursue and achieve a clear condemnation of Ankara's actions at the December 12-13 EU summit.

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Turkish defence minister demands large part of Cyprus’, Greece’s oil gas and oil deposits

The US, Russia, France, Cyprus, Israel, and most recently Italy have all underlined that the Turkey-Libya MOU is a serious threat to regional stabilit,

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Athens responds to Turkish letter to the UN challenging Greek sovereign rights

The Greek statement says the assertions in Turkey’s 13 November letter violate International Law of the Sea and Greece rejects in its entirety. It has no legal results regarding Greece’s rights.

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Time passes by challenging the Mitsotakis government’s sense of consequence

FIve months after coming to power the government showed that there are no automatic solutions. One cannot press a button and have everything coordinated to solve problems.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Refugee, migrant flows

Clearly it is necessary to have a plan to distribute geographically the refugees and migrants and put them up in structures that will not offend their human dignity.

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Editorial To Vima: On the wings of the ‘dragon’

Substantial opportunities and significant prospects are opening up for Greece with the emblematic upgrade of its strategic relationship with China which peaked with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jingpin to Athens

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Greece’s great opportunity

The prime minister's trips to Germany, France, and the Netherlands and more recently China, as well as a trip to Italy scheduled for later this month, aim to persuade that Greece offers truly fertile ground for investments.

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‘Greece is open for business’ Mitsotakis tells Chinese

Mitsotakis noted the government's determination to open up the massive Chinese market to Greek goods, in a bid to boost growth through exports.

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Editorial To Vima: Greece in the era of instability

At the same time waves of US protectionism, have undermined international trade, have undermined global growth, limited the rise of China, limited the power of India and rising Indian and Latin American economies, and have trapped embattled Africa turning it into a centre of refugees and migrants..

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Ta Nea Editorial: Bridle

Syria and its populations are paying a huge price for the cynical power plays of major countries.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Duty

Disappointment must give way to the conviction that the exit from the crisis will signal the country’s modernisation in all sectors - including gender equality.

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Editorial To Vima: PM Mitsotakis’ first great challenge

Mitsotakis must say that Greece demands solidarity in confronting Turkey’s arbitrary, hostile, and erratic behavior and its revisionist policies.

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Editorial To Vima: Trump, Erdogan and Pandora’s Box

The problematic Turkish leader continues to provoke everyone and remains indifferent to international and domestic reactions and he has opened fronts in Cyprus and in Syria.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Impasse

This is a national problem that requires a solution for people who abandoned their countries to seek a better life elsewhere. Greece cannot absorb all these migrant flows.

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Editorial To Vima: The refugees and us

As long as these flows continue and develop the negative reactions will grow and may spin out of control if migrant flows are not checked.

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Editorial To Vima: Multiple responsibilities for the shame of Moria

The current government was also unprepared to handle the situation that it confronted and now it is rushing to avert even worse events.

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Mitsotakis at UN Conference addresses effects of climate change, Mati disaster

'The Mati disaster shook Greek society to its core. Extreme weather events are the direct consequence of climate change. It is not a problem that can be put off for more decades,' the PM said.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Solution

The anti-vacination movement persuades many parents to not vaccinate their children and they put their lives in danger.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Price gouging

The Greek state must take measures, regulatory authorities must act swiftly, and staff must if necessary be increaesd in order to avert price gouging.

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Editorial To Vima: The waste chaos in Epirus

Greece prefers to pay millions of euros in fines annually because we refuse to adhere to European regulations and build landfills that pollute the environment.

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Editorial To Vima: The dangers of an oil war

John Bolton, an advocate of a US-Iran military clash may have been fired but no one can know what Donald Trump’s stance will be from now on.

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Editorial To Vima: Angela Merkel’s resounding message and Greece

Merkel said the EU must play a more active role internationally, develop its defence and security capabilities, play a leading role in combating climate change, and shape policies to combat racism .

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Erdogan demands more money to stem refugee, migrant flows to Europe

Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees, controls parts of north Syria where it says 350,000 Syrians have already returned. and that it is setting up a “safe zone"

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Editorial To Vima: The duty of great powers in the refugee crisis

It must relieve the burden on the islands by transporting migrants elsewhere while preparing local societies on the mainland to accept this eventuality.

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Greece, British Museum mull ‘loan’ of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Athens has stepped up its campaign in recent years for the return of the marbles after opening a new museum in 2009 at the foot of the Acropolis

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Editorial Ta Nea: Blinders

It is an odd twist of fate that two countries which are so different, Greece and the UK, experienced a similar drama due to a referendum.

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Greek-Dutch agricultural cooperation planned after Mitsotakis-Rutte talks

'After 10 years of crisis, Greece is broadening its horizons, and we do not forget that Europe stood by our side,' Mitsotakis said.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Lesson

Refugee and migrant flows cannot be handled without European authorities participating and standing by Greece and without a distribution of the burden.

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Editorial To Vima: Undeclared war

Our partners are obliged to secure the Greek-European borders and to create a system for the just distribution of refugees.

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Italy’s Moavero says he will take initiatives for peace in Mediterranean

Dendias thanked his counterpart for his support of Cyprus exercising it own sovereign rights in its own EEZ in the face of Turkish violations.

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Amidst Turkish threats effort underway to jumpstart Cyprus settlement talks

The discovery of oil and gas reserves in the east Mediterranean has put sharper focus on the Cypriot impasse, which has defied the mediation efforts of a small army of diplomats.

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Mitsotakis calls for end to Turkish occupation in Cyprus

Anastasiades underscored the crucial importance of existing trilateral cooperations in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Editorial To Vima: The sanctions against Turkey and us

Whether one likes it or not, Turkey holds the key to managing the refugee issue and it is in a position to use it to blackmail whenever it feels cornered.

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EU warns Turkey over drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ, seeks counter-measures

'Turkey must avoid threats, actions that damage good neighbourly relations, normalise its relations with the Republic of Cyprus and respect the sovereignty of all EU Member States over their territorial sea and airspace,' the GAC declared.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Quicksand

At a moment that Turkey is courting Tehran, what role will Ankara play in the strife between the US and Iran?

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Editorial Ta Nea: Tempests

No one had calculated the repercussions of the lies that were marshaled by the Brexiteers and of the resulting storm in domestic politics

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Editorial: Unity of spirit

The government must brief opposition parties and not act secretly, or even worse divisively, as it did in the case of North Macedonia.

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Coordinated response to Turkey’s violations of Cyprus’ sovereignty

Athens and Nicosia have submitted their charges against Turkey to the EU, the UN, and Nato and Apostolakis will raise all the parameters of the issue at a 14 May EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

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Russia: Equal distances from Ankara, Nicosia in East Mediterranean cauldron

It was announced in Nicosia that Sergey Lavrov intends to visit the island at an undetermined time, even as Moscow’s Ambassador to Athens expressed fears over the escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.