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“At a critical moment for the region, with tensions and a migration crisis, with Syria and EU-Turkey ties, it is our duty to construct a dialogue so as to find a solution to complex problems and challenges,” Alexis Tsipras told the Turkish president.

On the eve of his arrival, Erdogan demanded changes to the Treaty of Lausanne, questioned the competence of the Greek judiciary in handling his extradition request for eight Turkish military officers, and referred to the Muslim minority of Thrace as Turkish compatriots, triggering a stern response from the Greek government last night.

The economic crisis highlighted the political and administrative shortcomings which the eurozone and the EU confront. Here in Greece we have paid for the unpreparedness of Europe to manage the crisis and the credibility of the common currency.

It is provocative, according to New Democracy, on the part of a sitting minister [Defense Minister Panos Kammenos] to accompany the main stockholder of a TV channel on his first visit to the station.

“The EU-Turkey readmission agreement was a difficult but necessary initiative, after the unilateral shut-down of the Balkan route at our northern borders. Turkey has shown dedication to its implementation and to the drastic reduction of migration flows towards the Aegean," PM Tsipras said.

The Pontian Associations honoured shipowner and head of Olympiacos F.C., Evangelos Marinakis, for his unwavering support for Pontian Hellenism. Marinakis, a descendant of the Ypsilantis family on his mother’s side, offered as a gift a Monument to the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, which was unveiled in May in Piraeus’ Alexandras Square.

The agenda for visiting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s talks with President Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras include the migration crisis, energy issues, economic cooperation, EU-Turkey relations, regional developments, and security issues.

For the propaganda cookery at Maximou, there are no auctions of foreclosed properties of our weak and impoverished fellow citizens, despite the evidence to the contrary that is revealed every day.

The book of correspondence between Kazantzakis and his lawyer and dear friend Yannis Angelakis reveals unknown aspects of the author's private life. It has been reprinted and will be distributed along with the Sunday Edition of To Vima on 10 December.

The end of the lower VAT tax on the Greek islands will lead to huge tax hikes on dozens of products and will further test the battered economy of the islands, which have borne the brunt of the migration crisis.

The European Commission's Declan Costello urges Greece to cut Gordian knot of bad loans, and announces debt relief talks will begin after late January.

“We have seen the difficulties privatisation 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 underlined.

New Democracy leads Syriza by 8.5 percentage points in a new survey conducted by the Pro Rata company, in terms of potential electoral influence among respondents who said that there was over a 50 percent likelihood that they would vote for a particular party.

The president of the American-Hellenic Institute discusses his activity in the Greek-American community and expressed the hope that the US can help Greece with investments.

After nearly eight years of painful fiscal and structural adjustment, with a dramatic drop in incomes, and with excessive tax payments, the competitiveness of the Greek economy remains at low levels.

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said that the technical agreement between Greece and its creditors bodes well for the completion of the third bailout evaluation.

The Greek GDP registered a 1.3 percent hike in the third quarter, as compared to the same period in 2016, according to provisional data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) today.

A new, major survey of public opinion in 2016 attempts to create a socio-economic and political profile of Greek voters by looking at their value-based policy preferences, cultural attitudes, attitudes towards the euro and the bailout memorandums, and individual rights.

The Eurogroup today is expected to approve the staff-level agreement between the Greek government and its creditors, in the context of the ongoing third evaluation of the country’s bailout programme.

Just three days before the parliamentary debate on the munitions sale to Saudi Arabia, Riyadh on November 24 sent a diplomatic verbal note to Athens. It called upon Greece not to be influenced by any decision or resolution that could impose an arms embargo on Riyadh.