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The government plans to table a draft law in parliament in the near future, in order to expedite the hike in the minimum wage, which is expected to take effect at the beginning of 2019.

The news of the transfer of Yaya Toure to Olympiacos was featured on dozens of websites abroad and created a sensation, as many could not believe that it would happen, due to the player’s financial demands.

The Ukrainian issue, and the prospect of the Ecumenical Patriarchate granting the Orthodox Church of Ukraine independence is the largest and most serious administrative problem since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

As those who are aware of the obligations of the government explain, there is no way not to implement the commitments enshrined in the post-bailout programme.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in a written interview with TA NEA newspaper stresses that the relations between Greece and Turkey are not at their best

Asked to comment on PM Alexis Tsipras’ statement today that the bailout exit marks the end of fiscal adjustment, a Eurozone official noted that the Greek government has committed itself to a primary surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP.

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is currently under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, has for years petitioned the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant it autocephaly, the status of an independent church.

The culprits, two Pakistani nationals – on of them claimed he is 17 years old and the other 26 – and one 28-year-old Iraqi national, confessed to the mugging, but claimed that the victim was killed when he fell off a cliff while retreating during the attack

'These are our reforms. If they had been implemented before the bailout memorandums, perhaps we would have avoided paying such a heavy toll. In the final analysis, they can be implemented only by us,' Tsipras said.

Moreover, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is particularly concerned about the impact on the markets of Greece not honouring a post-memorandum commitment, as regards the trustworthiness of the government.

Yesterday’s incident with the hoax about famed director Costas Gavras’ death confirmed how vulnerable Greeks are to such disinformation.

The Ecumenical Patriarch, despite the repeated petitions of the Ukrainian Church to be proclaimed autocephalous, or independent, has for years been maintaining delicate balances between Kiev and Moscow.

'The IMF was, is, and will oppose every measure that constitutes social protection and wage increases. Today, it cannot engage in that kind of blackmail,' the economy minister said.

Besimoglu admitted to Turkish occupation authorities that he was photographing soldiers, and was planning to hand the photographs over to a Greek-Cypriot.

“We are well aware that there are open issues, and problems that were aggravated during the years of the crisis. We have the political will to confront them immediately, lucidly, systematically, and effectively,” Gerovasili said.

'The reference to a ‘Macedonian nation’ contravenes every agreement. The only thing they manage to do is to enrage the Greek people, who will have the last word, regardless of the referendum and the constitutional revision in FYROM,” the defence minister declared.

Faithful to the line of populism, with which he has operated all these years, on the one hand the PM will fabricate enemies and target political opponents, and on the other he will promise everything to everyone.

Dimitrov said that FYROM has built a “bridge of friendship” with Balkan peoples, and especially the Greeks, in order to “unlock” accession talks with Nato.

The top SYRIZA cadre underlined that the new government must swiftly implement the national plan for post-bailout memorandum growth and reforms

In order to persuade voters, SYRIZA needs a functional party apparatus, which will not limit itself to cadres appointed to state jobs and the local associates of MPs.