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The Turkish-Libyan memorandum and six lost years

The Turkish-Libyan memorandum and six lost years

In 2020, Greece responded to the Turkish-Libyan memorandum with a partial delimitation of its EEZ with Egypt, leaving the way open for its completion. Six years later, the delimitation is still partial, eastern Libya has ratified the Turkish-Libyan memorandum, and Athens is going back... to Cairo.

The cable and the secrets of the seabed

The cable and the secrets of the seabed

Hakan Fidan wants written notification. Giorgos Gerapetritis says notification could be given. Nexans says it will not contact Turkey. So if notification is to be given, someone will have to provide it. The question is: “who, and on what terms?”

Libya, the cable and the moment of truth

Libya, the cable and the moment of truth

The Turkish-Libyan memorandum did not become legal overnight simply because Benghazi’s parliament approved it. But it has become politically stronger. The distinction is not insignificant. Particularly when, just days before surveys for the Greece-Cyprus cable are due to resume, Turkey is strengthening the arsenal it had already used to halt them off Kasos.

Long-term care for older people: €12.5bn market by 2050

Long-term care for older people: €12.5bn market by 2050

Care needs are expected to multiply, while Greece will need 73,000 professionals to care for people with severe difficulties in looking after themselves. The University of Piraeus plan. By Miltiadis Nektarios.

The perfect storm, French-style

The perfect storm, French-style

Society wants a better life and better public services. The state is unable to provide them. Nor, however, can it protect both the right to protest and the rule of law. Markets are worried, and the extremes are gaining ground. The perfect storm is already breaking over France.

The new ‘Silk Road’ runs through the... ice

China’s Sea Legend launches regular container services to Europe via the Northern Sea Route, promising shorter voyages. High costs, seasonal ice and Russia’s role.

Greece is growing faster, but the gap with Europe is not closing

The IMF forecasts that Greece will grow faster than the eurozone in 2026-27. Yet this is not translating into convergence. Inflation, the external deficit and negative saving are to blame. By Kon. N. Segredakis.

The crisis comes before the petrol bombs

France is burning. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets, public buildings have been set alight and shops looted. The images are striking, often disturbing. Perhaps, though, we are focusing on the wrong thing. The crisis does not begin when the first petrol bomb is thrown. It began much earlier.

T-MED: A €25bn energy opportunity for Greece

A new European initiative aims to mobilise resources for renewables and clean technologies in the southern Mediterranean. Greece can become an energy hub and its businesses can compete for projects, provided there is a national plan. By Giannis Maniatis.

Chrysochoidis, migrants and the polls

Dozens of migrants are crammed into flats in the city centre in squalid conditions. The government says it will put an end to this phenomenon, and rightly so. But the police have been making arrests over it since at least 2020. So why the rush now?

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