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Tsipras’ talks with Putin and Medvedev were the first step in patching up relations without papering over geopolitical differences rooted in the intense US-Russia competition for influence in the Balkans.

Expressions of lawlessness, violence, and hatred by hooligans and troublemakers with every real and imagined pretext, has bedeviled the country for years.

The unemployment rate among youth up to the age of 24 was 36.6 percent, while among young people between the ages of 24-34, the rate was 24.3 percent.

'The urgency for us here to act against terrorist content online, to proactively and aggressively pursue it, in order to protect our citizens - your users - from the harm this content can bring,' the EU's Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner said.

There is a serious danger, despite the fact that consumption is not increasing, of a burgeoning trade deficit, with obvious consequences for macroeconomic imbalances.

The main opposition party has vowed to vote down the agreement when it is tabled in the Greek Parliament for ratification,

Zaev’s statement led UN mediator Matthew Nimetz to intervene with the parties in order to calm the waters.

Clearly, the eagerness of the government to tout the prosecution of a pawn shop chain owner is part of its tactic of instrumentalising the judiciary and exploiting any kind of alleged scandal.

Greeks spend 16.9 percent of their income on buying food and non-alcoholic beverages, whereas the average among the 28 EU member-states is 12.2 percent.

The case proved an embarrassment for PM Alexis Tsipras, who in parliament erroneously accused the pawn shop owner of contraband gold trade.

'We will under no circumstances accept arbitrary interpretations, and especially irredentist ones, of the Prespa Agreement on the part of FYROM,' said President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

It has been evident for some time that the productive model of Europe on which the social state of the post-war decades was built has not beΕn adapted to today’s era of globalisation.

Katrougalos declared that the naming accord guarantees Greek sovereignty and forbids FYROM’s intervention in Greek affairs.

'The upgrade reflects mainly the successful refinancing of existing debt amounting to a total of 1.3bn euros with a consortium of Greek banks, but also the positive assessment of the actions of the company to improve the collectability of accounts receivable.'

In an exclusive interview with To Vima on Sunday, Alavanos unleashes vitriolic criticism of his former protégé and of the party he now leads as the most poisonous enemy of the Greek Left,

'Greece has fulfilled its commitments by presenting a budget for 2019 that meets the primary surplus target while also supporting growth and combating social exclusion,'said the European Economic Affairs Commissioner.

In Greece, pawn shops were associated with the darkest moments of Greek national life, the Nazi occupation, so much so that people would turn away when they passed by them.

In essence, the deputy premier is confirming the statement of Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who in July, 2015, had placed the Hellenic Armed Forces in a state of readiness in order to ensure domestic security, as he said.

The lawyer for the American representatives of the SAIC company, Themis Sofos, requested that the court bar the Greek state from the civil suit, citing a related decision of the Arbitration Court.

In order for surpluses to exceed targets so as to distribute handouts, public investment is being cut continually, and private investment is stuck in a quagmire of uncertainty and insecurity.