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The Daily Roundup - Thursday, July 2

This week NPR published a piece that attempted to explain tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, but, the piece failed to provide an accurate reporting of the situation between Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey. HALC’s Managing Director Georgia Logothetis, who wrote a scathing response to NPR on Twitter, joins us to break down this problematic piece. 

You can read the articles we discuss on the Daily Roundup here:

Read Georgia Logothetis’s response to NPR’s piece here

Read the NPR piece we discussed on the podcast here

Hagia Sophia: Turkey delays decision on turning site into mosque

Merkel Urges ‘Massive’ EU Recovery Effort Amid Deep Divisions

Aegean tension fueling Berlin concern

Greek army chief warns of rising risk of ‘accident’ in Aegean

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