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For reasons unknown, the competent government services are unable to handle or are indifferent to the explosive situation that has arisen

The petition, filed in 2015, requested that Muslim prayers and readings from the Quran be allowed in Hagia Sophia, which is now a museum

A broad majority in a plenary session of the European Parliament approved a resolution to support the fire-ravaged area of Mati, Attica, with EU funding

The decision to launch punitive action against a member-state - Hungary - for violating the founding principles of the EU is unprecedented for European institutions

The finance minister argued that the fiscal space in 2019 will exceed the 700mn euros projected in the medium-term fiscal adjustment programme, and that this permits a rescinding of the cuts

Juncker proposed increasing the number of border guards from the current 1,300 to 10,000, in order to shield the EU from a host of security threats.

The National Council on Foreign Policy is chaired by the foreign minister and is comprised of the shadow foreign ministers of opposition parties

In the education minister’s book, all the problems of the education system have been solved, and all that is left is the sleep pattern of students.

In a story entitled “Greece and US shielding the traitors”, Sabah reported that over 200 people are now guarding the Turkish officers, and that the cost of that security is one million euros monthly.

Zaev said that the decision that will be taken on 30 September is above parties, as it involves the country’s admission to the European Union and Nato

Pons stressed that, 'We are concerned that there may be a return to populism in the next elections. It is in your hand. In 2015, you made a mistake. Populism is neither right-wing nor left wing.'

'We are a very patient creditor, but we can stop the debt relief measures that we have agreed to with Greece, if the adjustment programme does not continue as we have agreed,' said Regling

Kotzias said that Greece finds itself at the centre of a triangle of instability: Ukraine, Libya, and Iraq, and that this necessitates a policy of 'flexibility and adaptability'.

Clearly, the prime minister is attempting to maintain a balance between his electoral planning, the pressures from within his party, and the country’s commitments to creditors.

It is no coincidence that the most important of the Confidence-Building-Measures between Athens and Skopje was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on natural gas systems. That is a small piece of the broader FYROM issue.

It seems that radical Greek governments favour, after an initial “pubescent rebelliousness”, closer ties with the US than conservative ones.

The Americans discerned, thanks to their strategic prowess, that Greece, despite its sins, could not be left alone in a region rife with loci of instability, and the geopolitical argument prevailed.

Not even during the prime ministership of General Alexandros Papagos was there such an identification and such a direct relationship with the US, largely characterised by dependency.

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that Washington is supporting the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Greece, and the Greek economy, during a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

The protesters include workers at public hospitals, uniformed officers, the country’s largest private sector and public sector umbrella unions (GSEE and ADEDY), and the Communist Party-linked PAME labour organisation.