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Yesterday’s revelation by To Vima that there was a massive cyber-attack against Hellenic Telecommunications (OTE S.A.) raises serious concerns and a host of questions.

The airing of grievances came as tensions flared again between Turkey and the EU after a Turkish seismic survey ship on Monday returned to disputed waters from which it had withdrawn last month to allow for diplomacy

Even the most incredulous person realises the words of the Turkish president are hollow as he takes care to demonstrate every day that he is an untrustworthy interlocutor.

Golden Dawn's modus operandi was precisely that of Hitler’s storm troops. It conducted cowardly attacks against helpless migrants and other vulnerable social groups.

Yesterday’s bombshell charges lodged by former Syriza justice minister Stavros Kontonis have stirred a political maelstrom within Syriza but their significance goes far beyond the limits of an internal party issue.

The ruling in the Golden Dawn case vindicated those few who stood firmly against a burgeoning fascist current when the many remained silent, either out of fear or for opportunistic reasons.

'New Democracy excluded them [Golden Dawn] from state funding and  refused to legitimise their presence even in simple, ceremonial events,' the PM said.

Tens of thousands rallied outside the heavily policed appeals court area, holding banners reading 'Fascism, Never Again' and 'Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism'.

'I also call on Turkish President Erdogan to reverse his recent decision to convert the Hagia Sophia to a mosque and to return this treasure to its former status as a museum,' said Biden.

'It is up to Turkey to close the path of crisis and open a path of resolution. We are willing to meet it on that second path and I’m optimistic that is the route we will take, to the benefit of our two peoples,” Mitsotakis said.

NATO announced on 1 October that Greece and Turkey, both alliance members, had set up a “military de-confliction mechanism” to avoid accidental clashes at sea.

The sit-ins that have been staged since the beginning of the school year at hundreds of schools nationwide obviously harm the weaker classes.

The main opposition party is sailing on the same course that brought its defeat and is thus demonstrating that it cannot or does not know how to change course.

'The summit "is a significant meeting for Greek-Turkish relations and beyond, for all foreign relations the EU has,' said Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas.

Dealing with the challenges confronting the country is not a task for tacticians and there is no room for personal communications games.

The US Secretary of State stressed that it was a strategic choice to permanently dock the USS Hershel "Woody" Williams helicopter ship at the Souda Bay base because of its hugely strategic position

After his defeat in the July, 2019, general election Alexis Tsipras remains almost politically blind. He seems unable to absorb the shock of defeat and to interpret its causes.

The Eastern Mediterranean was high on the agenda of Pompeo’s talks as Greece, the US, France and other nations have slammed Ankara’s military moves in the region, as were Turkish Aegean provocations.

If we do not adjust our daily lives to the unprecedented conditions created by the pandemic we shall all be losers.

The ILO’s latest projection for the last quarter is a loss of 245 million full-time jobs, which is much higher than the initial projections.