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“Cozying up to Vladimir Putin is unacceptable,” Democratic Representative Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement.

The Greek government’s statements of condemnation obviously do not address the issue, nor does a merely formal alignment of the government and the opposition suffice to confront Ankara’s provocations.

The Bank of Greece Governor said that if the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target is not met, that will lead to 'the imposition of new [restrictive] measures such as expenditure cuts and cuts in the Public Investment Programme'.

Eight individuals were immediately tracked down and remanded in custody by Greek police.

One after another, mayoral candidates are issuing statements denying any link to SYRIZA and declaring that they do not want its support.

The crime comes at a time that the Greek community on the island has begun growing after a long period of desolation, following the forced great exodus of the 1960s.

“Particularly as regards the Cyprus problem and the problems that Cyprus confronts today, I explained that the solution of the Cyprus problem based on respect for the sovereignty of Cyprus and the defence of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is also the EEZ of the EU.

Metropolitan Serapheim said that the Gold Cross awarded to Marinakis was a “gesture of gratitude for his invaluable contribution to the work of the diocese”

The prime minister who enjoys unprecedented kid gloves treatment in most television interviews is irked because he believes that the print press and news websites do not cater to all his whims.

For the first time ever, Greece, which founded the Games and hosted the first modern Games in 2016, has since then not had a member on the IOC.

The final choice will be made by the cabinet upon the recommendation of Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou.

“Mr. Tsipras lies seven days a week,” Mitsotakis said after the vitriolic response of the PM’s office to his comment on flexible labour relations.

No one accepts the concept of familial responsibility but the PM himself was never thoughtful about the families of others.

Both Tsipras and Mitsotakis called on the electorate to treat the 26 May European Parliament election as a referendum on their parties’ political programmes.

'We remain coordinated with the Republic of Cyprus and our other EU partners and allies regarding the next steps and we support Cyprus on all actions that will follow,' Minister Evangelos Apostolakis said.

It is by now perfectly clear that aside from Cyprus’ EEZ Turkey is mulling a grab in the EEZ of Kastellorizo, as it does not recognise that the small Greek island has an EEZ.

Last night’s foray of the ideological kin of the top gun of the now defunct N17, Dimitris Koufodinas, who is serving 11 life sentences for as many murders, clearly depicts the complete inability of Greek Police and the public order minister to ensure security.

There is very little the EU, which lacks a Union army, can do in the situation except perhaps for imposing some kind of economic sanctions.

IMF spokesman Jerry Rice has confirmed that Athens has informed the Fund about the government’s intention of making an early repayment of 40 percent of its remaining debt