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The government hopes in some way to retract or at least postpone in some manner the pension cuts (which take effect on 1 January, 2019), which have created a political uproar.

The economy and the country overall needs calm and political stability at long last, in order to engender hope that the sacrifices of so many years will not be squandered.

One reason Katrougalos is optimistic is that tensions with Greece and the EU has led to significant problems in the Turkish economy

It is obvious that an increase in revenues, after raging over-taxation, has begun to reach its limits, as the productive base of the economy has not essentially expanded.

“For our part, we will not tolerate behaviours that do not exhibit the requisite respect for the Greek government and the Greek state,” the government spokesman underlined.

If Greece manages to issue, before the end of the programme on 20 August, a state bond with reasonable terms, that would be a great success.

New Democracy alleges that there were machinations so that Alexis Tsipras’ brother, Georgios Tsipras, although he was tried, was set free using the infamous Paraskevopoulos law

Now that the world is changing, and great geopolitical and geostrategic interests are restructuring, extremely powerful international forces are exercising their power here, simply because we are in the middle of great routes of oil, energy, and transportation.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras walked away with empty hands after yesterday's meeting with president Erdogan, as the turkish side stubbornness won't allow a solution for the two greek militants who are imprisoned.

The progress of greek economy will continue during the next years, as long as the commitment for reformation are kept, points out the evaluation of the European Committee about Greece, including middle financial predictions about 2018-2019 that were published today.

Hours before the crucial meeting between Alexis Tsipras and Tayyip Erdogan about the two greek militants that are imprisoned at Edirne, Nikos Kotzias raised his voice.

A sudden deterioration of russian - greek relations comes of the decision greek government made about deporting two Russian diplomats and forbidding entrance in Greece to two more, accusing them for illegal actions against national security. Russia replied immediately while, according to latest information from Reuters agency shared by Interfax, russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Moscow will reply to Athens the same way, meaning that they are about to deport greek diplomats.

«The markets will never forgive douple-speaking, stopping reformations and polarization. Returning to normal is not served that way», says the presiden of Greek Industrialists, Theodoros Fessas, during an interview.

Speaking at the french media BFMTV, Melenchon said that Alexis Tsipras is "one of the most hideous politicians in Europe"

At the beginning of a new period, the sovereign Greek people should decide, honourably and clearly, based on the presentation of comprehensive platforms and plans, who should lead the country in the post-memorandum era.

“Vice President Mike Pence congratulated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the historic agreement with Skopje to resolve the long-standing name issue. He offered U.S. support for the agreement and its sustainable, successful implementation, and praised Prime Minister Tsipras’s leadership and courage."

The measures of all the memorandums that have been passed by parliament and which will be implemented over the coming years, whether they or not they are viewed as a fourth memorandum, are extremely necessary for the adjustment and survival of the country.

FYROM’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is believed by some to be purposely delaying the completion of Skopje’s part of the FYROM-Greece accord, in order to serve the electoral plans of the Greek government.

There were plenty of insults and personal attacks. Words such as crook, liar, and others, with the same intensity and tenor, were repeated countless times by the prime minister and the main opposition leader.

The late publisher Christos Lambrakis was depicted by the prime minister’s circle as the greatest evil, while publisher Vangelis Marinakis was viewed as another demon, and journalists were viewed as subservient to a washed up and corrupt system.