CPMR welcomes “dedicated European vision for islands”
By Martin Banks The first-ever EU Strategy for Islands has been greeted as an “important political milestone for Europe’s maritime territories.”
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POLITICS 
February 23, 2025 Mitsotakis highlights emergency measures for islands hit by quakes
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly review on Facebook, highlighted his government’s efforts to address the increased seismic activity in the Cyclades, including the creation of an emergency evacuation port in Santorini and an emergency grant for the islands affected by the tremors.
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ECONOMY
November 24, 2024 Green growth plan for islands
Endowed with 25 million CO2 emission rights from the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions trading system, which at current prices are valued at 1.6 billion euros, the Islands Decarbonization Fund is set to get to work, leveraging investments of €3.8 billion for the 2025-2032 period.
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 13, 2021 Kremlin says it disagrees with Japan’s sovereignty claim over islands
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday it disagreed with comments by new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that Japan’s sovereignty extended to a chain of islands known by Tokyo as the Northern Territories, and that they were in fact part of Russia.
