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Mitsotakis says that Tsipras has undermined the necessary consensus for the handling of crucial economic and foreign policy issues and accuses the PM of irresponsible scandal-mongering, without tackling institutional corruption.

Without establishing fiscal stability, and without the certainty that we shall not once again slide into a vicious circle of deficits and new debt, the country cannot take even a single step forward.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called upon EU countries in a speech in Florence, Italy to display greater solidarity towards Italy and Greece, in their efforts to manage the migrant crisis.

Upon the initiative of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, the foreign ministers of four Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, and Romania) and their counterparts from the Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) will be meeting in Sounio today to discuss the EU, its direction, and their own roles therein. The three thematic discussions that will […]

In a letter to Eurogroup finance ministers, Centeno said that the heightened fiscal surveillance proposed by the European Commission was discussed at the last Eurogroup meeting.

The top five countries benefiting from these growth-focused investments are Greece, Estonia, Bulgaria, Portugal, and Spain,” the European Commission said in a tweet.

Yesterday, the deputy minister to the prime minister, Dimitris Liakos, who coordinates implementation of bailout commitments, sent a letter to ministers telling them to finish up.

'Turkey threatens us with war, in case we exercise our rights, which derive from the international law and the Law of the Sea,' Andreas Papastavrou said.

The Synod said that it has every right to speak out on such issues, because the Church is the most massive institution of the Greek people.

Prince Charles underscored the sacrifices of the Greek people during the eight-year economic crisis and the courage with which Greeks faced the burden of the migration crisis.

Fotiou blasted New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his party over their refusal to vote for the article that allows LGBT couples who are in a civil union to become foster parents.

Dimitrov will meet with Kotzias and UN mediator Matthew Nimetz in Athens on Saturday, 12 May.

As hard as the PM’s office may try to convince us that the uphill road is nearing the end, let us not delude ourselves or expect miracles.

Papandreou will exchange views with Tsipras and Kotzias on national, foreign policy issues, ahead of several trips abroad that he has planned.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defended the bill in a speech to parliament and lambasted New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis for, as he said, opposing the bill for populist reasons: to avoid the political cost in his conservative base.

Charles’ visit will stress historic British-Greek ties and continuing cooperation, and attempt to paper over the stresses of the past.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that FYROM will receive an invitation to join the Alliance if the naming issue is settled, and he recommended that Greece and Turkey sort out their own differences in the Aegean, in an exclusive interview with Greece’s state-run Athens News Agency.

To be honest, the practices of ADEDY unionist were supported by today’s SYRIZA government and its ministers. Now, those practices are an impediment, as the government rushes to meet its commitments in order to complete the bailout evaluation.

Those arrested were allegedly depositing money in a bank account opened by 28-year-old Konstantinos Giatzoglou, who is in prison on charges of having sent a letter bomb to former PM Lucas Papademos, who was seriously injured.

Former education minister and SYRIZA MP Nikos Filis says that the government should use the large primary surplus to at least postpone pension cuts scheduled for 1 January, 2019, a date to which the government has agreed with creditors and passed into law.