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Pipelineistan – 3 Energy Pipelines That Could Shake Up Geopolitics

March 12, 2013

Source: NJ Three of the most volatile parts of the Middle East—Iran, Iraq and Israel—are the scene of oil and gas initiatives that could shake up geopolitics there and beyond. The efforts center on three energy pipelines, at least two of which seem likely to be built. The first is an attempt by Iran to [...]

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Oil and natural gas mania in the Mediterranean Sea

February 8, 2013

Source: Equities For millennia, the Mediterranean Sea has been the battleground of empires where epoch-making sea battles along its crenellated coast changed the course of history, where Islam and Christianity fought a ferocious war for supremacy. These days, the land-locked sea, for so long the front line between the Ottoman Empire and Europe, is the [...]

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Mediterranean energy wars:Greece Considers Exclusive Zone in Offshore Gas Fields

January 9, 2013

Source: Al Monitor The discovery of oil and natural gas at the basin of the eastern Mediterranean Sea has taken the genie out of the bottle. Now Greece wants to strike against Turkish interests by claiming full sovereignty over this newly found wealth near Turkey’s shores. There is, however, a popular Turkish saying for such [...]

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EU officials mull limits on ATMs if Greece leaves euro

June 11, 2012

Source:Irish Independent European finance officials have discussed limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing eurozone capital controls as a worst-case scenario should Athens decide to leave the euro. EU officials have said the ideas are part of a range of contingency plans. They emphasised that the discussions were merely [...]

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Bomb blast hits Greek government ministry responsible for axeing 150,000 jobs

April 9, 2012

A bomb exploded outside a Greek ministry responsible for axing 150,000 public sector jobs last night – apparently in protest at government spending cuts. Windows were smashed and desks were damaged in the blast outside the Public Sector Reform Ministry in Athens. The department are axeing 150,000 government posts by 2015 in an austerity drive. [...]

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Greece’s rise in the suicide rate

April 5, 2012

Dimitris Christoulas, the 77-year-old retired pharmacist who shot himself on Syntagma Square in Athens because, as he said in the note he left behind, he would rather die than scavenge in rubbish bins for his food, is not the first and will most certainly not be the last Greek to take his own life during [...]

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Greek bill to detain illegal immigrants for disease is ‘alarming’

April 3, 2012

In Greece, a plan to detain illegal immigrants suspected of carrying HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases has upset Amnesty International, which called the idea “deeply alarming” and discriminatory. A law drafted by the government would hold illegal immigrants in indefinite detention for mandatory health checks and treatment for contagious ailments, the Associated Press reported. “Under [...]

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Israel-Greece ties: not all about Turkey

April 2, 2012

Source: Xinhua Israel, Greece and the United States are currently conducting a joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, code named “Noble Dina.” The maneuvers are a continuation of the drills that Israel and the U.S. previously conducted every year with Turkey, called ” Reliant Mermaid.” However, following rising tension between Israel and Turkey since [...]

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