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Parliament was told that there was an effort to find a suitable businessman who would be willing to create a SYRIZA television channel in return for a broadcast license.

The ex-justice minister maintains that the last-minute approval of the Penal Code by Parliament in 2019 determined the timing of elections as they were postponed for one week to pass it into law.

While the meeting with Cavusoglu had been scheduled earlier, Erdogan’s surprise move to meet Dendias comes straight on the heels of his snub of European Commission President Ursula van Der Leyen.

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Exemption of farmers from the vocational practice fee, extraordinary aid of 500 – 4,000 euros to affected companies

Mitsotakis summoned his citizen’s protection minister, MIchalis Chrisohoidis, to ask him to expedite the investigation of journalist Yorgos Karaivaz's murder, that he said has shocked all of Greek society.

The government must announce its intention as soon as possible so that the average family can make its own plans and accept the government’s decision.

Mass vaccination is the only way to get beyond the pandemic and a gradual return to normalcy will require vaccination of 60-70 percent of the population, with all approved, available vaccines.

Erdogan's stance is based on the multi-faceted domestic crisis that Turkey is entering. It is also based on a complete shift in his policies since the abortive coup attempt in 2016.

The plan to relocate nine ministries and to create an eight-hectare public park at the site of the old PYRKAL munitions factory is a major step.

Those who are bearing the brunt of the epidemic have a duty to have all the necessary weapons in their arsenal, including being vaccinated, so as not to lose ground in the battle against the virus

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his cabinet yesterday reviewed the government’s National Recovery Plan that is about be submitted to the European Commission for approval.

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The spate of coronaparties did not come out of the blue. Over the three-day holiday last weekend, around 30 protests were conducted in an organised fashion.

The summer respite changed things and we have been in an almost constant lockdown since November, with small breathers for retail sales and schools.

A small act of carelessness could further burden the National Health System. Major misdeeds such as large parties and wedding banquets are almost criminal.

When on 8 January The Wall Street Journal first referred to the deadly coronavirus the World Health Organisation offered assurances that the disease was not transmissible between humans.

It is now necessary for the state to see the bigger picture, such as making a subterranean PPC electrical grid so as not to keep the grid exposed to increasingly harsh weather.

José Manuel Campa, who leads the European Banking Authority (EBA) talked about the impact of COVID-19 on the European banking sector, the new stress tests, about how the EU banks should cope with an expected increase in NPLs, while he sees little risk of a financial sector crisis.

Severe domestic problems and international pressures on Turkey’s president have led to erratic actions, including dangerous games in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.

About 300,000 new pensioners will receive – until their temporary pension is issued – 384 euros. Those with pending applications will also receive their share retroactively.

Clearly safe movement is of vital importance in the struggle against recession in the southern countries of the Union and so Greece should show the way even if it does not go via Brussels.

The Feb. 1 coup, which overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian-led government, occurred less than two weeks after Biden took office. It presented him with his first major international crisis and an early test of his dual pledges to re-center human rights in foreign policy and work more closely with allies.

«Innovation should not just be a shield to protect against bad actors. Innovation should also be a ladder to help more people climb to a higher quality of life,» she said.

Hegemony over the political centre will be decided not on the basis of who can best humour the political centre, but rather on the basis of who appears more mature and trustworthy in addressing it.

To weather the pandemic we must all behave in a more responsible and disciplined manner. Public health measures and collective sacrifices are more important now and they require maturity and patience.

Vangelis Marinakis was found innocent in the trial about the so-called ‘match-fixing scandal’ in Greek Football.

MANFRED WEBER, president of EPP group in the European Parliament

Certainly we are in the midst of a pandemic that poses a great challenge, but based on the data presented in a report in Ta Nea today one can safely surmise that there is a pressing need to upgrade tertiary education.

HIncoming President Joe Biden must break the shackles of isolationism and fashion a global plan, in cooperation with the entire Western world, that can stem the recession and make America the motive force of a social contract.

Beyond the problem of sexual harassment, anyone can fall victim to an individual that exploits his or her position and the culture of cover-up and fear in order to take advantage of a fellow human being.