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The Entire France-Greece Defense and Security Agreement
Greece and France sealed a new defense and security agreement on Tuesday, which included a deal for the sale of three frigates, with the option for a fourth.
At the signing ceremony in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said the...
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Italy Ratifies Exclusive Economic Zone Agreement With Greece
The Italian Senate ratified on Friday the 2020 maritime agreement with Greece, with which the two EU member states delimited their Exclusive Economic Zones.
Diplomacy
Former Greek PM Tsipras, Zaev Receive Hessian Peace Prize for Prespa Agreement
The Hessian Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded jointly to the former Prime Minister of Greece, main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras, and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, it was announced on Monday.
The decision was...
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Turkey to Conduct Military Exercises on Greek National Holiday, Breaking NATO Agreement
Just hours after an agreement to cancel military activities planned on each country's respective national holidays, Turkey announced that it would go ahead with planned military exercises scheduled on Greece's OXI Day.
This announcement breaks the moratorium announced by NATO...
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Greece and Egypt Sign Agreement on Exclusive Economic Zones
Greece and Egypt signed an agreement regarding their exclusive economic zones on Thursday, according to the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
From this point onward, there will be an exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, between the two Mediterranean countries, according...
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Greece to Turkey: Agreement on Aegean or International Court of Justice
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday sent an indirect message to Turkey saying that either the two countries will come to an agreement on territorial waters and exclusive economic zones, or he will take the issue to the...
Business
PM Mitsotakis Tells Parliament Greece One of the "Winners" in EU Agreement
In an address to the Greek Parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mitsotakis praised the deal the country received as part of the gigantic relief package cobbled together by the EU in order to lessen the economic effects of the...
Diplomacy
Greece, Italy Sign Agreement on Maritime Boundaries
Greece and Italy signed an agreement in Athens on Tuesday regarding the delimitation of maritime zones between the two countries.
The signing of the agreement on the boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) occurred during the meeting of the...
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Greece and UK Sign Important Agreement on Controlling Irregular Migration
Greece and the United Kingdom signed a bilateral agreement on Wednesday in which the two countries pledge to significantly increase their cooperation to limit irregular entries of migrants to Greece.
The UK shows a particular interest on the matter since...
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Greece, UEFA Sign Agreement to Clean Up Football
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Aleksander Ceferin, the President of UEFA, signed an accord on Tuesday offering assistance in reforming Greek football, which has been plagued by crowd control and funding problems in recent years.
The accord establishes a roadmap...
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Greece Ratifies New US Defense Agreement
The Greek Parliament on Thursday approved an updated defense agreement with the United States, allowing the use of Greek military facilities, including the airbases at Larissa and Stefanovikio.
The agreement was ratified with 175 votes for, 33 against, and 80...
Economy
Greece Signs Loan Agreement With European Investment Bank for New Heraklion Airport
Greece on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) worth 330 million euros.
The EIB loans, one for the construction of a new international airport in Heraklion, Crete, and the other for priority investments in Greece,...
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World Leaders Reach Agreement on Libya at Berlin Conference
World leaders agreed on a final communique regarding Libya during a conference held in Berlin on Sunday.
Details of the agreement were presented during a press conference by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN Special Envoy for Libya...
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Turkey Blasts EastMed Pipeline Agreement
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the Eastern Mediterranean natural gas pipeline project, signed earlier in the day in Athens between the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel, cannot succeed.
“Any project disregarding Turkey, which has the longest coastline...
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel Set to Sign EastMed Pipeline Agreement
The nations of Israel, Greece and Cyprus will sign a trilateral agreement on Thursday which will lay the groundwork for a planned 1,900-kilometer (1,181 mile) gas pipeline connecting Israel’s offshore natural gas fields with Europe.
The deal for the Eastern...