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“The [government’s] appeal was lodged – at least as far as I am concerned, as the person who signed it – because I would like to be certain that my country does not give asylum to coup plotters,” said Nikos Mouzalas.

According to a report in the daily Ta Nea, the institute aims to decrease the huge grade pressures that students face in the last primary school grades an in junior high school.

Overall, the economic climate index for 2017 was higher than it was in 2016 (96.2 points as compared to 91.8 in 2016), which is in line with the positive annual growth rate.

Creditors will review the provisions of the government’s omnibus bill to determine whether all commitments have been met properly, and to then draft the required compliance report.

The government is negating the erstwhile sensitivity of the Left to the persecuted, and it engages in interventions that are alien to European legal culture and to liberal moral and political principles, which are the cornerstone of democratic institutions.

“Once built, TAP will offer a direct and cost-effective transportation route opening up the vital Southern Gas Corridor, a 3500-kilometre long gas value chain stretching from the Caspian Sea to Europe,” the TAP website notes.

The Albanian news website www.infoshqip.com reported today that Athens and Skopje are much closer to a comprehensive settlement of the Macedonia naming issue than many had believed, including arrangements regarding ethnicity and language. In what is a major scoop, if confirmed, the website reported that the two sides have agreed to the name “Republic of […]

Disruptive protests have worked well for farmers over the years, as they have been able to exact major concessions from successive governments

The talks are taking place amidst heightened Nato ad US pressures, which aim at expediting FYROM’s admission to Nato, which Greece has blocked pending a name settlement.

It is indeed a major achievement of the Syriza-Independent Greeeks government that it leveled Greek society, downward of course.

According to a tweet posted today by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu News Agency, Bozdag declares that Ankara expects extradition of the eight “as soon as possible”.

Referring to the lower income strata, Mr. Tsipras said the aim is “to support a grand social alliance with the social strata with which the government seeks to establish a privileged relationship, to express and represent them”.

The temporary injunction also states that the government and state will refrain from any action aiming to remove the officer from Greek territory.

FYROM’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujan Osmani, is due in Athens tomorrow for a working lunch with Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, where some of the groundwork will be laid for upcoming talks.

During the period of the crucial stress tests, which will be conducted between February and May, the Bank of Greece will not risk an easing of capital controls, as a possible dissemination of rumours about the condition of private banks could lead to capital flight.

At the dawn of 2018, we are at the cusp between an expected leap forward and the danger of sinking. The country confronts great dilemmas that have besieged it for nearly a decade.

The government must complete by the end of this month a study of the repercussions on public finances of allowing individuals to pay overdue debt to the tax office in many instalments, and electronically.

"We, the undersigned, declare our trust in the legal prudence, the knowledge, and the morality of Greek judges, and we deeply believe that once again they will honour their mission with their rulings, just as they have done at all stages of this case, which is so important for Greek and European legal culture."

Two years ago, when central European countries were shutting their borders to refugees and migrants, Grandi had again issued an urgent plea: “I still hope that Greece will not turn into the largest refugee camp in Europe."

The Gordian knot on the asylum issue will be cut in the end by Greece’s Council of State, the last level of appeal for the Turkish officers.