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In a move that may well stir tensions early next year in the Eastern Meditteranean, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, Turkey today welcomed the Deep Sea Metro-II, a 230-metre long drill for gas and oil exploration.

Roumeliotis said the constant decline of returns from 10-year bonds is proof positive that Greece has definitively escaped the dangers it faced in 2010.

A report in the German tabloid Bild says that Greece is “paradise of forged passports”, but that Greek Police in 2017 rooted out five major fake passport networks. The problem with bogus travel documents has led German authorities to suspend Schengen rules for Greek citizens and travelers from Greece, with humiliating extra checks akin those […]

Previously, UAE Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, had posted a tweet accusing the Ottoman governor of Medina between 1916-1919, Fahreddin Pasha, of committing crimes against the local population.

Greece’s creditors, however, have signaled to the government that they will accept no changes to the current law governing collective bargaining contracts, even after August, 2018.

Municipalities will receive public investment funding directly from the central government and not via prefectures, as is the case now

'The trust of parliament and the solid governmental majority is a given.' said the secretary of Syriza's Central Committee, Panos Rigas.

The contact between the two leaders comes as Turkey is preparing το send a drill early next year for hydrocarbons exploration in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, a move that promises to greatly strain regional security and geopolitical balances.

Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said that the aim is for the tobacco company not to close, and that the government will 'act within the framework of the legal order to take any initiatives we can so that 170 jobs will not be lost'.

The report stressed the role of public services, which delayed the completion of anti-flooding projects, and the role of the rubble-filled riverbed on which Mandra municipal authorities had illegally built a depot for city-owned vehicles.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that on the FYROM name issue, 'We thought that time was on our side, but as it turned out it was not.'

'When dozens of countries have already recognised FYROM as Macedonia, it is obvious we cannot deceive ourselves any longer.'

Now the leader of her own party, called Sailing to Freedom, Konstantopoulou lambasted Tsipras and Syriza MPs who voted for a bill penalising protests that block auctions, describing them as 'sheep'.

Prior targets of the group include the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), a Eurobank branch, and the Labour Ministry in Athens.

Effectively, Kammenos is rejecting the only realistic prospect for a solution, a composite, double name for Greece’s northern neighbor that would attach a geographic marker before the name Macedonia.

“We have seen the difficulties privatization faces in Greece, as in the Thessaloniki port, where it’s unclear who the private investors actually are and where their money comes from,” US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said.

In an announcement, SEKAP stated that due to the recent ruling of an appellate court in Komotini, which upheld an older 38 million euro fine for customs violations, the company’s operation has been impeded.

The government is determined to proceed with performance evaluations and thousands of transfers of civil servants to bureaus and services with greater staffing needs.

According to the Unified Social Insurance Fund (EFKA) a total of about one million insured currently owe up to 50,000 euros.

FYROM PM says both sides appear decisive in their quest for a settlement in talks coordinated by UN Special Representative Matthew Nimetz.