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The IMF's report underlines that the delay in the restructuring of the debt undermined the prospects of a Greek economic recovery and questions the efficacy of the 2012 haircut on the Greek debt (PSI).

The finance minister said that the worst thing that the government did was to cut pensions, “although we tried to make it less painful than the right-wing would have”.

The Piraeus City Council candidate and Olympiacos FC leader said that at the most critical juncture in Greece’s recent history the country had the ill fortune to be led by “uneducated kids who negotiated the country’s future”.

The Supreme Court Prosecutor said that the Volos judicial council had wrongly interpreted the provisions of the penal code that apply to the case and that N17's top gun was formally entitled to the furlough.

No country – and especially Greece – can on its own ensure better conditions than those created by the EU for its citizens and economy in the hugely competitive world in which we live.

The Pontian genocide is part of the broader, systematic ethnic cleansing of Turkey’s Christian populations from the Ottomans at the end of the 19thcentury through the time of Kemal Ataturk in the 1920's.

Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said Turkey was fulfilling its responsibilities in the F-35 project and expected the program to continue as planned. He said buying the S-400s was only meant to meet Turkey’s defense needs and posed no threats.

Main opposition New Democracy (among other parties) has long maintained that there are links between SYRIZA and anarchist groups.

One is not dealing with a small group of enraged youths but rather with a decisive and organised group which without compunction on an almost daily basis degrades institutions and the democratic system in general.

'We condemn without reservation the vandalism of Parliament. Such actions are deeply undemocratic and have nothing to do with social struggles,' the office of the PM said in a statement

The bi-annual report projects growth of 2.1 percent of GDP for 2019 and 2.0 percent for 2020, whereas the government’s projection is 2.2 percent for each of the two years.

Worst of all, the government is signaling to citizens that the crisis is over and that the county is just a step away from returning to the good old days.

Following the report Kretsos lashed out at the newspaper for allegedly maligning the effort to attract foreign productions and that such junkets are par for the course.

For decades Greek private sector and public sector employees received holiday bonuses for Christmas, Easter, and summer, which were factored into the labour cost.

The octogenarian decided to commit suicide after a winning lottery ticket in a 20 March draw was stolen by his second wife of 20 years, who also proceeded to initiate eviction procedures against him.

New Democracy’s MEPs will immediately after the 26 May Europarliament election actively promote recognition of the Pontian genocide, and the same will be done by the party’s representatives in the Council of Europe.

Voters must decide if they will settle for petty, piecemeal responses to problems and arrangements or whether they will spread their wings and seize the opportunity that lies before them.

The government is continuing the old party practice of cutting ribbons at half-finished public works in order to demonstrate their efficiency.

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz noted that all eurozone countries must pinpoint problems which could affect their borrowing from markets.

According to a medical report cited by his lawyer Ioanna Kourtovik, the now defunct N17 terrorist group's top gun after two weeks has lost 12.5 kilos and is exceptionally weak, with low blood pressure and low pH levels.