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miles in the Ionian Sea. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has declared that, “The Turkish government is not about to allow Greece to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles.”

The Greek government, with a view to elections is expecting the green light to cancel the pension cuts measure at the 5 November Eurogroup meeting, in order to proceed with the final draft of the 2019 budget,

The government continues to table laws with changes in the education system, without any consensus or prospects, with the sole aim of electoral gain and political favours.

“Whether our Russian brethren like it or not, sooner or later they will follow the solution given by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, because they have no other choice,” Vartholomeos declared.

Today, state minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos declared in an interview with Real FM radio that the government has the parliamentary votes necessary to complete its four year term,

Allegations that the US spent two million dollars to secure votes in FYROM’s parliament to back the Prespa Agreement must be answered by the US Ambassador

The charges of former Corruption Crimes Prosecutor Eleni Raikou reveal the breadth of raw governmental meddling in the judiciary

The leader of Plefsi Eleftherias says that Kotzias’ resignation reveals a government that conducts foreign policy in a dangerous, incoherent manner that harms Greece

Already, within the government one sees other clashes, related to the priorities of economic and social policy, as well as to the particular electoral strategies of government cadres.

The probe was prompted by an article on a website that presented alleged data sent to parliament regarding the use of the foreign ministry's secret funds.

Kotzias declared that the government spokesman is hiding the truth about the reasons for his resignation, and he called upon the prime minister to make public the nine-page resignation letter that he submitted to him on 16 October.

Obviously, all governments internationally use black payments for what they view as national objectives. Whether these objectives actually serve national interests depends on the motives, clear judgment, and integrity of those who manage the secret funds.

The Greek warship has remained within the limits of Greece’s continental shelf and is shadowing the Barbaros in a signal that Greece has the necessary deterrent force.

The finance minister noted that over the past year ND claimed that there is a new, fourth bailout memorandum, because pensions will be cut, but now it is backpedaling, as it sees where things are going, and that Greece will return to the markets.

New Democracy maintains that the management of state black funds is a matter concerning not only balances within the government and the leaders of the ruling coalition parties, who are blackmailing each other, but all of Greek society.

It is by now obvious that the only thing that concerns Mr. Tsipras is to extend as much as possible his stay in power. That is why he had no dilemma in choosing between Kotzias and Kammenos when they clashed openly at the cabinet meeting.

At the 14 October party meeting, Polakis said, “The judiciary must expedite what it is doing. We cannot continue with high culture. We cannot let this happen, and we are not, but we must push more, and that must be clear in our rhetoric.”

In a stormy cabinet meeting, Kotzias ripped into Kammenos, charging that the defence minister is actively undermining the interests of Greece and the government.

It is historically unprecedented for a prime minister to call upon his ministers to vow not to topple the government, in this case over the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement.

The Moscow Patriarchate in a statement called upon the leaders of all the local Eastern Orthodox Churches to take a stand on what it views as Constantinople’s “uncanonical decisions”.