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On the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, Dendias declared that 'despite the relative calm in the past few weeks, the situation remains very volatile'.

The talks began in 2002, when Pasok's Costas Simitis was PM and were abruptly cut off after the failed coup attempt against Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July, 2016. 

When Trump lost the election he spun out of control as he could not reconcile himself to the idea of defeat and as a latter-day Mussolini he attempted to take Rome by storming the Capitol.

Over the last few years democracy has become more vulnerable and has suffered blows from within that undermine its very foundations: The judiciary, equal justice under the law, and meritocracy.

Syriza is unable to discern the wager of Mitsotakis and his inner circle as regards the effectiveness of the symbolism of various cabinet picks for the next day.

“At some point it became clear that it would not be possible to deliver so quickly,” Tuereci told Spiegel. “By then it was already too late to place follow-on orders.”

The ministry of development has already prepared the NSRF plan for EU funding for the 2021-2027 period. Along with national funding, 24bn euros will be made available .

France, which is primarily targeting the most vulnerable people in nursing homes for the first phase of vaccination, has administered doses to about 140 people so far.

During these festive days along with the joy and happiness of the holidays we see before our eyes – albeit sometimes almost imperceptibly or by association as the Alexandrian poet Cavafy would say – images of unhappiness and incapacity. We see images of defenceless and hungry children who have been forgotten by God, of lonely […]

Britain had urged businesses to make preparations for the end of the transition period prior to the end of trade negotiations, saying many of the changes they needed to make would apply regardless of the outcome of the talks.

«It is the beginning of the end … it was an exciting, historic moment,» she said at Rome’s Spallanzani hospital.

The European Union is due to receive 12.5 million doses by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 6.25 million people based on the two-dose regimen. Companies aim for 1.3 billion in 2021.

With a thumbs up shortly after 1pm today Efstathia Kambisiouli - the head nurse at COVID-19 reference hospital Evangelismos - became the first Greek to receive the Pfizer-Bio-N-Tech vaccine.

The cities of Aspropyrgos, Elefsina and Mandra-Idilia in Attica continue to have an exceptionally heavy viral load. In the region of Kozani, there were 313 active cases with 49 hospitalised

The German company's plan provides for an annual production of 100,000 cars as the annual demand for electric cars is expected to RISE from 9mn in 2019 to 245mn in 2030

China’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Geng Shuang, accused Heusgen of abusing the Security Council to launch “malicious” attacks on other members “in an attempt to poison the working atmosphere”.

Before the pandemic, Spain had the highest density of bars in the world but the coronavirus restrictions have delivered a body blow to the industry, forcing some 85,000 to close.

The revival of uncertainty as reflected in stock markets confirms that the exit from the crisis will be neither linear nor brief and that despite vaccines the situation is still very critical.

The Vatican note said that while the use of vaccines was voluntary, “the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed”.

European Union countries including Germany, France, Austria and Italy have said they plan to start vaccinations from Dec. 27 as Europe tries to catch up with the United States and Britain.