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Mr. Tsipras is the second pole of the political system, opposite Mr. Mitsotakis. Moreover, no one can doubt that the other smaller parties on both the right and left will be crushed in the heightened polarisation.

In Germany, which continued to move not only as a locomotive but as a high-speed train when the rest of the Eurozone was trailing, there are more and more voices supporting an exit from the EU, or Dexit.

Tsipras also accused New Democracy of tolerating the attacks and death threats issued by ND cadres and sent to MPs who plan to support the government.

Economic analysts and major financial players are underlining that political uncertainty can have an exceptionally negative impact on the course of the economy.

The report noted that the ratification vote on the Greece-FYROM Prespa naming agreement is what triggered the ruling coalition’s breakup.

Independent Greeks MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, and Deputy Agriculture Minister Vasilis Kokkalis will give the government their confidence.

The PM engaged in petty partisan bargaining with his former coalition partner in the hope of ensuring his own interests.

Kammenos has been replaced by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Kammenos has been replaced as defence minister by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The climate that the PM and his junior coalition partner have cultivated is a far cry from political stability.

Participants included Hellenic Bank Association President Nikos Karamouzis, German Hellenic Chamber President Michalis Mailis, Aegean Airlines President Eftychios Vasilakis, Cosmote CEO Michael Tsamaz, and Evangelos Mytilineos.

The talks also touched on tax cuts that ND has proposed, attracting investment, and continuing on the path of structural reforms.

FYROM’s Parliament approved the name change by a margin of one vote more than the requisite two-thirds majority, 81 votes in the 120-member legislature.

The party of the prime minister, SYRIZA, was among the political forces that exploited the indignation citizens and indeed fueled it.

'This is not the end of reforms but rather the beginning. The problems have not entirely been transcended,' Merkel said.

Yesterday it became clear that the prime minister has definitively lost the ability to call the shots with inititiatives on the political stage.

At a crucial meeting on 11 January, junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will make clear whether he and his party will continue to be part of the government’s parliamentary majority

'The dark face of the Tsipras administration casts a heavy shadow on our democracy because when the judiciary is used as a tool for political prosecution democracy is imperiled'.

The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government had raised the clean hands banner in order to use it against its political opponents, as it turns out.

Greece's 7.6bn euro primary surplus for the first 11 months of 2018 (about four percent of GDP), was a whopping 2.8bn euros more than the Greek finance ministry's predicted.

No one, and especially the competent authorities, should forget the people who are being confronted constantly by a heavy winter.

The Independent Greeks leader and the rest of the protagonists in the government’s drama forget that governments are elected to rule, not to preoccupy themselves with power plays.

'I do want to condemn this morning’s silly and senseless vandalism at the US Embassy and thank @hellenicpolice for their quick action,' US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt wrote in a tweet.

Never since the fall of the seven-year dictatorship, in 1974, have the institutions of democracy been exposed to such strong pressures from the executive.

Merkel’s meeting with Mitsotakis is of particular interest, as he is presumed to be the country’s next PM and he staunchly opposes the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement

Seeking primacy in the Orthodox world, the Russians historically called Moscow the “third Rome”,  after the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)

As for the accord’s recognition of a “Macedonian language”, Zaev said that there is already a UN decision clarifying that FYROM’s language belongs to the family of South Slavic languages.

“How could I have fled, given the fact that for the last year I have been monitored by a bunch of EYP [Greek Intelligence Service] agents?” he asked.

Venezuelan journalist Darvinson Rojas tweeted that Angelos Haritos, 55, was found dead in his room in the Altamira Suites Hotel in Caracas. He was accompanied by two women.

Minority governments can function effectively in countries in which there is a climate of consensus and in which political culture is not betrayed by divisive rhetoric.

Polakis latest Facebook post has been roundly criticised by opposition parties for trampling on the separation of powers and for essentially doing the dirty work on behalf of the PM.

'Even the dread ENFIA real estate tax will be reduced [slightly] and there will be a hike in the minimum wage, which is now 586 euros gross monthly'

There are concerns in Greece that MPs who have declared their support may switch at the last moment, so as to ensure their political survival in the general election.