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EU timidly sanctions Turkey for its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean

EU timidly sanctions Turkey for its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean
12/11/2020 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
After months of threats, the European Council decrees sanctions against Turkey for its gas exploration manoeuvres in maritime areas claimed by Greece and the Republic of Cyprus.
Athens, Cyprus, Erdogan, EU, European Union, Greece, Josep Borrell, Nicosia, Oruç Reis, TPAO, Turkey, Turkish petroleum corporation, Yavuz

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel
11/20/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Despite his divorce from the United Kingdom and the break-up of his engagement with Turkey, the European Union still seduces, but knows how to make itself wanted. Its only suitors today are all in the Western Balkans. They have to work hard to put a ring on this sixty-three-year-old lady's finger, who is becoming more and more difficult to choose.
Albania, Angela Merkel, Ankara, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brexit, Brussels, Bulgaria, Central Bank of Kosovo, Copenhagen criteria, Croatia, Cyprus, dardan, David Cameron, dinar, economy, EIB, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Erdogan, EU, EU enlargement, euro, Europe, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Union, Greece, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Jean-François Cousitillière, Kosovo, Member States, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Olivér Varhelyi politics, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sofia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ursula von der Leyen, Western Balkans

France support the end of the Customs Union with Turkey

France support the end of the Customs Union with Turkey
11/09/2020 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions
FRANCE/TURKEY. According to Europe 1, the French government will propose to the European Council to abolish the customs union with Turkey.
 version française
customs union, Cyprus, Europe 1, European Council, France, Greece, Libya, Syria, trade surplus, Turkey

Faced with a doubling of hospitalizations in one month, Greece again confines

Faced with a doubling of hospitalizations in one month, Greece again confines
11/05/2020 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
GREECE. The Greek Prime Minister has announced a nationwide three-week lockdown. The Greeks will have to obtain an exit permit by SMS.
Athens, containment, Covid-19, CSSE, Greece, Johns Hopkins University, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sotiris Tsiodras, Thessaloniki

A hundred victims recorded after an earthquake in Turkey

A hundred victims recorded after an earthquake in Turkey
11/03/2020 - Eric Apim | Environment
TURKEY. According to the Turkish Governmental Authority for Disaster Situations, the earthquake that struck the west of the country on Friday, October 30, 2020 caused 102 deaths. version française

Afad, Dodecanese, earthquake, Greece, Izmir, natural disaster, Turkey, Turkish Governmental Authority for Disaster Situations

Greece will have to answer to the EU Court of Justice for its income tax legislation

Greece will have to answer to the EU Court of Justice for its income tax legislation
10/30/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
GREECE. The European Commission is taking Greece to the European Court of Justice over the different tax treatment of Greek companies with subsidiaries in another EU/EEA state. version française

Court of Justice of the European Union, EEA, EU, European Economic Area, European Union, Greece, tax legislation, taxes

Turkey and Greece victims of several earthquakes followed by mini tsunamis

Turkey and Greece victims of several earthquakes followed by mini tsunamis
10/30/2020 - Eric Apim | Environment
TURKEY / GREECE. The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) recorded two powerful earthquakes in the Aegean Sea on the morning of Friday 30 October 2020. version française

Athens, Dodecanese, earthquake, EMSC, Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, Greece, Istanbul, Izmir, Samos, Seferihisar, tsunami, Turkey

EBRD approves new five-year strategy for Greece

EBRD approves new five-year strategy for Greece
10/22/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
GREECE. The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved on Thursday 22 October 2020 its new strategy for Greece that will guide its investments over the next five years.
Andreea Moraru, EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Greece, Greek crisis, Greek economy, National Bank of Greece

The leader of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn is sentenced to 13 years in prison

The leader of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn is sentenced to 13 years in prison
10/15/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
GREECE. After recognising the Golden Dawn as a criminal organisation, the Athens Criminal Court specified the sentences handed down to around fifty members of the Greek neo-Nazi party.
Artemis Matthaiopoulos, Athens, Christos Pappas, European Parliament, Georgios Germenis, Golden Dawn, Greece, Ilias Kassidiaris, Ilias Panagiotaros, Ionnis Lagos, justice, Nikos Michaloliakos, Pavlos Fyssas, Sahzat Luckman, Yorgos Roupakias

Sky Express wants to change era by ordering four A320neo from Airbus

Sky Express wants to change era by ordering four A320neo from Airbus
10/15/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Transport
FRANCE / GREECE. First order and new customer for Airbus with the signature, on Wednesday 14 October 2020, of Sky Express for four aircraft.
air transport, Airbus, airline, Athens, Aviation Capital Group, France, Greece, Ioannis Grylos, IOGR, Sky Express, Thessaloniki, Toulouse

Turkey resumes its hydrocarbon explorations off the Greek island of Kastellorizo

Turkey resumes its hydrocarbon explorations off the Greek island of Kastellorizo
10/12/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
TURKEY. After a gesture of appeasement with the withdrawal of the Oruç Reis from the disputed waters of the Eastern Mediterranean in September 2020, Turkey has decided to put this hydrocarbon exploration vessel back into service in this area. version française

Ankara, Ataman, Athens, Cengiz Han, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, exploration vessel, Greece, hydrocarbons, Kastellorizo, Oruç Reis, Turkey

European Commission proposes €684 million in financial support for the earthquake in Croatia

European Commission proposes €684 million in financial support for the earthquake in Croatia
10/12/2020 - Eric Apim | Environment
CROATIA. The European Commission is proposing €683.7 million in aid to help Croatia repair the material damage caused by an earthquake in Zagreb at the end of March 2020. version française
Croatia, earthquake, environment, EU Solidarity Fund, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, EUSF, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, natural disaster, Podkarpackie, Portugal, Spain, Zagreb

EU joins forces to better fight forest fires

EU joins forces to better fight forest fires
10/08/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Environment
EU. A new Safers platform to build a comprehensive emergency management system to better fight forest fires will be tested in Italy, France, Spain and Greece.
Copernicus, European Union (EU), Finland, forest fires, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Safers, Semide, Spain, United Kingdom

The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party recognised as a "criminal organisation" by the Greek justice system

The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party recognised as a "criminal organisation" by the Greek justice system
10/07/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
GREECE. Nikos Michaloliakos, founder and leader of the Greek neo-Nazi party Aube Dorée, has been convicted of "leadership of a criminal organisation" by the Athens Criminal Court.
Angélique Kourounis, Athens, Golden Dawn, Greece, Greek Solution, justice, Kyriakos Velopoulos, neo-Nazi, Nikos Michaloliakos, PAME, Thomas Iacobi, Yorgos Roupakias

EBRD invests €50m in the first green bond issue of the National Bank of Greece

EBRD invests €50m in the first green bond issue of the National Bank of Greece
10/06/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
GREECE. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will invest €50m in the issuance of senior senior senior green bonds of the National Bank of Greece. version française

EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Greece, green bonds, ICMA, International Capital Markets Association, National Bank of Greece, NBG

The European Council extends a hand to Ankara, while remaining firm in case of refusal

The European Council extends a hand to Ankara, while remaining firm in case of refusal
10/02/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
EU / TURKEY. Charles Michel, President of the European Council, wants to "give political dialogue a chance" in the context of the disputes between the EU and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean. version française

Charles Michel, Cyprus, European Council, European Union, Greece, hydrocarbons, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, NATO, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

The difficult recovery of the Mediterranean cruise sector

The difficult recovery of the Mediterranean cruise sector
09/29/2020 - Gérard Tur | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Along with the Caribbean, the Mediterranean is one of the two global cruising spots. Stopped for several months due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the sector is timidly trying to restart. version française
Carnival, CLIA, Costa, Covid-19, Croisieurope, cruise, France, Greece, International Association of Cruise Lines, Italy, Mediterranean, Mein Schiff 6, MSC Cruises, MSC Grandiosa, Norwegian Cruises, Ponant, Pullmantur, Royal Caribbean Cruises, TUI Cruises

MEPs call on Turkey to immediately stop illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean

MEPs call on Turkey to immediately stop illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean
09/17/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
TURKEY / EU. The European Parliament condemns Turkey's actions in the Exclusive Economic Zones of Greece and Cyprus and calls for new sanctions in the absence of dialogue.
Ankara, Athens, Brussels, Cyprus, Diplomacy, Eastern Mediterranean, EEA, Ekaterini Sakellaropoúlou, Erdogan, EU Speeches, European Council, European Parliament, France, Greece, Kastellórizo, Libya, Macron, Med7, MEPs, Nicosia, Syria, Turkey, Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen unveils the European Commission's priorities for 2021

Ursula von der Leyen unveils the European Commission's priorities for 2021
09/16/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
EU. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, focused her first EU speech since her appointment on the EU's response to the health and economic crisis and the Green Pact.
Brussels, building renovation, Croatia, Cyprus, data, ECDC, Economic and Monetary Union, economic crisis, EU, EU speeches, euro, European Commission, European Health Union, European Medicines Agency, European Union, G20, Greece, Green Pact for Europe, health crisis, hydrogen, Italy, NextGenerationEU, SURE, Turkey, Ursula von der Leyen, Western Balkans

Athens to acquire 18 Rafale to form a "national shield"

Athens to acquire 18 Rafale to form a "national shield"
09/14/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
GREECE. Confronted with major tensions with Turkey, Greece launches an arms procurement programme that includes the acquisition of eighteen Rafales, the country's first order from Dassault Aviation in twenty years. Version française
Ankara, Athens, Dassault, Egypt, Eric Trappier, Florence Parly, Greece, India, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, MED7 Summit, Mirage, Rafale, Safran, Thales, Turkey

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