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Despite the mixed signals from creditors, which Tsakalotos recognised, he said that, “We have the fiscal space not to cut pensions [as of 1 January, 2019] and not lower the tax-free threshold [as of 1 January 2020].

Bank managers say that the biggest, longstanding problems is that citizens are draining their bank accounts in order to pay exorbitant taxes and insurance contributions.

It is absolutely necessary to coordinate multiple, targeted actions, which will take into account the best possible treatment of our addicted fellow human beings .

At the meeting, there were indications of a gradual normalisation of the two countries’ relations, as Erdogan invited Tsipras to Istanbul for talks.

Leventis has accused previous defectors as traitors, and has demanded in vain that they return their parliamentary seats to the party.

As long as the government walks the tightrope between electoral handouts and ensuring economic stability, there is a growing danger that the country will face a new impasse.

The Independent Greeks party's approach to the FYROM naming agreement has resulted in the party’s complete collapse in opinion polls (with about 1.5 percent).

The latest victims of Panos Kammenos’ cottage industry of lawsuits against journalists and media outlets were the journalists of the newspaper Fileleftheros.

You feed the public with an alleged “clean hands” approach, even as you are setting up new vested interests

“We reached an agreement, but we knew that we had to ensure language and identity. Greece also acknowledged that,” Zaev said

The much-touted return to the markets has not materialised, and it appears that it will not happen in the foreseeable future.

In the heat of a campaign for the Greece-FYROM naming accord, FYROM prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that his country the only Macedonia, essentially calling into question the name of the Greek province of Macedonia.

The Turkish energy minister said that in the coming months the exploration ship Fatih will start the first drilling in the Mediterranean.

The diamond of the Ivory Coast: I always worked hard. When I came to Greece and developed a good relationship with the management of the team and with the fans, I realised that I will accomplish a lot. I grew stronger. I learned a lot in Ukraine as well, but it was different here. Afterwards, I felt more self-assured. I went prepared to both Monaco and Barcelona. The next steps were extremely swift, like a barrage. I did not realise how fast the three years in Barcelona passed.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will travel to New York on 23 September, where he will hold a series of high-level bilateral and multilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. A key focus of the trip will be to lure prospective investment in talks with major institutional investors. In that context, working breakfasts […]

With a view to elections, the government clearly is more interested in not displeasing a large segment of the electorate than in dealing with the substance of the country’s development problem.

The poll gives New Democracy 31.5 percent, compared to 22 percent for SYRIZA, followed by extreme right Golden Dawn with seven percent, 6.5 percent for the centre-left Movement for Change, and the Greek Communist Party (KKE) with 5.5 percent.

The minimum wage provision was passed by SYRIZA, the Independent Greeks, main opposition New Democracy, and the Centrists’ Union.

Christos Kopelouzos confirmed the interest of the Kopelouzos Group, which already has a five percent stake in the Athens airport.

“Monuments, Museums, archaeological sites, historical sites, and the cultural heritage in general cannot be ceded and are excluded from any manner of transaction,” the ministry said.