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The Council of State, which is Greece's court of cassation, on 23 May dismissed a petition by then migration minister Yannis Mouzalas, for the court annul the decision of an asylum committee granting asylum to Özkaynakçı.

Zaev’s proposal of the name Ilinden Macedonia was indignantly rejected by Greek opposition parties as being entirely irredentis

The ‘Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding” between the government and creditors posted on the European Commission’s website includes provisions for several years of high primary surpluses, and the implementation of all measures agreed to over many years.

The government and the opposition are already preparing for the next electoral battle. Yesterday’s debate between political leaders in parliament was based on the dilemmas and aims of the next elections.

'I do not permit you, Mr. Tsipras, to suggest in any way that New Democracy has any link to violence. It was you [SYRIZA] who burned Athens in 2008. You were coddling the indignados [anti-austerity protesters],' Mitsotakis declared.

The plan notes reforms that the government has already implemented, yet there is hardly any quantification of targets, and there are hardly any specific data about the proposed reforms in particular sectors of the economy.

Though Dombrovskis does not appear optimistic about IMF participation in the Greek programme, he appears certain that Greece will exit the current bailout programme on schedule, on 20 August.

Those familiar with such plans would say it is an amalgam of communist-era five-year plans, a touch of regulated free market and plenty of social policy.

An EU official who briefed Brussels correspondents on background expressed certainty that all decisions on Greece’s exit from the memorandum and on debt relief will be taken at the 21 June Eurogroup.

'Like the pieces on a chessboard, Erdogan for years has been trying to win over the Muslims of the Balkans. He is operating as an opponent in the region of the EU, which is considered a stabilising force,' the analysis said.

“Thessaloniki must become the most democratic city in the world. Whoever disagrees can vote us out of office in October, 2019. Through elections and not through violence and thuggish behaviour,” Boutaris underlined.

The talks also included discussion regarding cooperation in the areas of security, energy, and technology. The prospects of Eastern Mediterranean gas and oil deposits bolstering regional energy cooperation were also reviewed.

We may reach the end of 2018 with the Italian problem still in full swing. That means that the government must adopt measures to counter-balance the dangers that the Italian political complication appears to be creating.

The strategy is an outline of plans for all sectors of the economy and for social policy, and includes initiatives and actions to reach objectives in each area.

'The fundamental source of Greek-Turkish tensions is the Greek perception that all of the Aegean is a Greek sea, ignoring Turkey's legal rights and legitimate interests as a coastal state,' the Turkish PM said.

Zaev said that he accepts that this name would be used both internationally and domestically, but that domestic use would be phased in gradually, during Skopje’s EU accession process.

Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, in an exclusive interview with To Vima, outlines the four difficult preconditions for Greece to exit the bailout programme, as well as the supervisory framework thereafter.

The Greek judicial system does not satisfy the common sense of justice. All types of interventions alloy the judgment of judges. Cases are handled at a snail’s pace, and there are no strong foundations for resolving differences.

The 43-second foray, which was recorded on video and posted on the internet, was intend as a protest against notaries conducting online auctions of properties that have been seized and auctioned off to cover delinquent debts.

The name strikes a deep nationalist and irredentist chord, as it commemorates the 1903 Ilinden uprising by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO) against the Ottomans, and later efforts to establish a Slavic state on the entire geographic territory of Macedonia