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The warnings that the Bank of Greece issues due to its institutional role should be viewed as necessary, and not as hostile acts as the government viewed them over the last four years.

Lebedev’s first attempt to do business in Greece came in 2013 when Russian companies sought to acquire DEPA (Public Gas Corporation of Greece)-DESFA (Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator SA) without results at the time.

If there are only six parties that manage to enter parliament, then New Democracy will quite possibly be able to secure single-party rule.

'It is my conviction that this channel of communication must remain open. We want to reduce tensions as an accumulation of tensions can lead to escalation,' said Evangelos Apostolakis.

One hopes that 2019 will not be like 2009 or 2015 and that the political system has learned its lesson, albeit at a high cost.

Will citizens return to the polls en masse just 40 days after the European Parliament election or will they choose to take to the beaches?

'Mr. Mitsotakis is now telling us ‘Mitsotakis or chaos.’ He is crudely blackmailing the Greek people but they are not buying it. They want political stability and not adventures,' the Movement for Change leader declared.

The state takes 40 percent in taxes and insurances contributions from the income of taxpayers who declare 20,000 euros in earnings annually.

The data show that young Greek women are more vulnerable than men in the same age bracket, as 33.7 percent of them are neither working nor studying (compared to 20.1 percent for young men).

Freedom of thought is no longer persecuted by state or religious authorities but rather by fascistic groups that wield power.

The letter appears intended to prepare the public for Mitsotakis’ abolition of the asylum institution, which he has said he will do at the start of his administration.

The conditions within prisons could be described even as inhuman, and the participation of prisoners accused of involvement in the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire terrorist group in the incidents suggests a link between common criminals and terrorists.

'Adopting tactics of escalation that lead to an impasse and are fruitless is of no use. It is not a sign of strength. It is a sign of weakness,' the PM said in response to remarks by Tayyip Erdogan.

Obviously no one could imagine such a murderer walking the streets in Cyprus just because the 18-month limit of incarceration expired before a verdict was delivered, as occurs in Greece.

Ekrem Imamoglu of the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP) secured 54.21% of the vote in the Istanbul mayoral race, High Election Board chief announces.

The result of the Istanbul mayoral race is a personal defeat for Erdogan as he had disputed the result of the initial election in March and used his power to force a repeat election.

PPC needs two billion euro to be saved. Where will it find this huge sum to ensure its viability?

The event drew international interest and religious, political, academic, diplomatic, and business figures from around the world attended.

'There is a weighty moral obligation of anyone who achieves great things in a land to offer as much as possible to its society,' said Piraeus City Councilman and Olympiacos FC owner Evangelos Marinakis.

'The European Council endorses the invitation to the Commission and the EEAS to submit options for appropriate measures without delay, including targeted measures,' the summit conclusions stated.

The abandonment of plans for a Cyprus settlement combined with the fact that Turkey is distancing itself from the EU with Erdogan's tougher stance are swiftly moving toward a final divorce that will not be smooth.

Angelis alleged that the minister he calls Rasputin ordered prosecutors to file charges without following criminal procedure and without collecting adequate evidence.

The charges of the Greek Council for Refugees should be investigated in depth by the competent organs of the state, which must attribute responsibility.

Top politicians – including three former prime ministers – were targeted with allegations of corruption and loads of mud was slung at them.

It is absolutely necessary to tone down the rhetoric and to not give the impression that Ankara’s sabre-rattling can influence Greek domestic politics.

'We are attempting to de-escalate tensions in the Aegean - which entail dangers of an accident – with continuing discussions on implementation of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) agreed to over the last decades.'

The Red-and-Whites grew up in Vangelis Marinakis hands and are becoming enormous, evolving into a technocratic power having long transcended the athletic framework

The report notes the unwelcome rescinding of an agreed to pension cut that was to have taken effect on 1 January, 2020.

Sources said that Kalogritsas was unable to receive letters of credit from Attica Bank and from the Public Works Engineers-Contractors Fund (TMEDE).

At a moment that Turkey is courting Tehran, what role will Ankara play in the strife between the US and Iran? What quid pro quo will it seek if Washington requests its assistance?

Erdogan is pushing the envelope in his relations with the US, in contrast to his predecessors who were dedicated allies of the American superpower.

'It should be noted that in the highest echelons of the judiciary everyone knows who Rasputin is but they are afraid of naming him for obvious reasons,' Angelis wrote.

Political parties have a duty to leave the central banker’s observations out of their political game and not to target them as being the product of ulterior motives.