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Ms Moustaka had sent a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after her son's murder to ask him to take action. The PM never replied.

Mr. Tsipras has a tendency to highlight the supposed scandals of others and to justify his own pompous behaviour as he retains the privilege of judging everyone.

Tsipras said that the 10 May parliamentary confidence vote and the 26 May elections are both a confidence vote on the government's economic stimulus programme.

Russia has so far kept a stance of equal distances between Ankara and Nicosia.

“In line with our established approach, fully composed, we will not be dragged into actions that lead to tension in the region,” Cypriot Defence Minister Savvas Angelides said.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), whose candidate won the March vote in Istanbul, said today it had formally requested the annulment of Erdogan’s presidential mandate

It is clear that the money for the fiscal package announced yesterday comes mainly from two sources: over-taxation and a steady reduction in public investment.

In a surprise move, the government in the next few days will deposit 5.5bn euros in an escrow account as “an extra guarantee” to ensure creditors that it will honour its primary surplus targets for 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The Commission appears to be open to the government’s intention of rescinding a law that provides for a lowering of the tax-free threshold as of 1 January, 2020.

Diachronically the Greek Left and Mr. Tsipras personally were full of righteous indignation and would attack the “old political system” for its sins.

Mitsotakis and other top MP cadres are stressing that Polakis who is known for his vulgarity and Tsipras who covers for him are one and the same thing.

Local reports indicated that the body was found in the second suitcase mentioned by the killer in an advanced state of decomposition.

Demetrios’ began his twenty-year tenure as a peacemaker who successfully united a Church torn by divisions and by forceful and by demands for greater lay participation in governing the Church.

At the current start of the firefighting season all plans remain unchanged, equipment was not replaced, and the national disasters service continues to drag its feet.

'Now that we are not under surveillance, we can demand a clear answer from the German government,' the PM declared.

Then public order minister Nikos Toskas said the Prime Minister had not been informed of the deaths because they had not been “officially confirmed” and that authorities were focusing on saving the living.

The PM’s “bridges” to the centre-left and his flirt with Social Democracy are secondary compared to the overarching goal of achieving a manageable electoral defeat.

Tsipras first threw down the gauntlet in Parliament and today SYRIZA spokesperson Rania Svigou reissued the invitation in a letter to New Democracy spokesperson Maria Zacharaki.

The poll shows that in the 13 prefectures of the region of Macedonia SYRIZA is trailing New Democracy by a whopping 14.3 percentage points, largely due to the hugely unpopular Prespa Agreement.

SYRIZA, which until recently led a coalition government with the far right Independent Greeks as the junior partner, just discovered the utility of a “progressive alliance”.