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Editorial Ta Nea: Maintaining composure

Turkey knows that Greece and the West constitute a stable front in confronting the game of revisionism, with composure and without high-pitched rhetoric.

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Draft EU summit conclusions on Turkey welcome de-escalation, focus on customs union, migration

The terminology regarding a gradual, proportional, and reversible EU-Turkey cooperation, as articulated at the March EU summit and the report issued by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

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«Northern Germany votes for Greece» – The new destinations of interest

Kalamata is being discovered by German visitors.

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Greek-Turkish exploratory talks to resume on 25 January amidst international pressures

Though both sides have long declared publicly that they wish to resume talks, their views on the agenda and limits of such a dialogue are diametrically opposed.

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BioNTech: Long EU delay in placing COVID-19 vaccine order the cause for shortages

The United States ordered 600 million doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer shot in July, while the EU waited until November to place an order half that size.

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An undiplomatic ‘good riddance’ from China to Germany on UN Security Council

China’s deputy U.N. ambassador said the outgoing German envoy abused the Security Council to launch “malicious” attacks on other members...to poison the working atmosphere”.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Persistence

Each time Erdoagn pushed the envelope a bit further because he knew that although Greece was complaining strongly the EU would not significantly change its posture.

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The historical underpinnings of Turkish nationalism, militarism

Turkish militarism was entrenched after the revolution of the Young Turks. Earlier, the Germans, who traditionally supported the Turks, played a significant role in creating Turkish nationalism.

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Editorial To Vima: Time to shed delusions about Erdogan

To justify his military intervention on many fronts Erdogan says that he is is guided by the Ottoman past, but he is in fact reviving the catastrophic, expansionist Nazi theory of lebensraum.

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Editorial To Vima: Europe’s big day

Europe now has an ideal opportunity to act decisively and thus ensure its long-term prospects as a cohesive and useful supra-national structure that ensures the well-being of the peoples of the Union.

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Struggle for the soul of Europe as North-South clash on terms of Covid-19 rescue package

The Netherlands, alone in its tough stance, wants stricter conditions, including country-specific economic criteria, that are politically unacceptable for Rome, because they would make it look as being under EU economic supervision, even though the pandemic is not Italy’s fault.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Languages

Europe is an economic superpower and it cannot afford to disregard it citizens who are facing major trials. It matters little whether they speak Greek, Italian, or German.

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Editorial Ta Nea: The return of politics

It is not easy at difficult moments to be magnanimous. Yet it is at such times that generosity characterises great leadership, as did the perceptiveness and moral leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel during the refugee crisis of 2015.

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A response to the corona crisis in Europe based on solidarity

We therefore propose that we work together quickly to ensure sufficient liquidity in all European Union countries, so that jobs do not depend on the whims of speculators.

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Editorial To Vima: Solidarity, not ideological fixations

The wealthy states of Northern Europe and especially Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland continue to stubbornly refuse to adopt bold economic measures in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

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Government buys time with stimulus package as Berlin denies lifeblood of coronabond

Berlin proposes that those hardest hit repair to the ESM for loans that would break the back of the highly indebted countries.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Protection

There is a pressing need for certain EU leaders to understand that now is not the time for strict economic discipline. This is an hour when the welfare of human beings must come first.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Priorities

It would be disastrous to leave the economy to its own devices as many governments in Europe realise though there are glaring and unfortunate exceptions, which have made the situation even more difficult.

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Editorial Ta Nea Readiness

The success of the refugee burden-sharing plan will depend on the readiness of the Greek government to manage the crisis and on the efficiency of competent authorities.