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'The 2019 budget I believe will not include pension cuts, but rather measures to relieve vulnerable social classes and positive messages for the country, society, and working people,” Dragasakis said

The ENFIA real estate tax was institutionalised in order to serve the objective of the government – skinning the taxpayer in order to pledge handouts before the general election.

Dimitrov said that FYROM has built a “bridge of friendship” with Balkan peoples, and especially the Greeks, in order to “unlock” accession talks with Nato.

Hostage to intra-party balances and a skewed perception of the meaning of renewal, the prime minister enhanced his government with the scraps of opposition parties.

The objective of the reshuffle was to give the government a new momentum and to broaden SYRIZA’s political base ahead of the next general elections.

What is needed is a change that will uproot antiquated mentalities, that will allow brilliant minds to flourish, that will recognise critical thought as a basic element in studying, and that will require the cultivation of substantial knowledge

The former Eurogroup president said that he was forced to deal directly with Tsipras as it was necessary to find a solution, which Varoufakis constantly torpedoed.

“Citizens feel insecure even in the centre of Athens,” New Democracy said in a statement, which comes on the heels of the death of a 25-year-old university student during a mugging on Philopappos Hill

The dead are not just a number, but people with flesh and bones. The reading of the names was the fulfilment of a duty to remember them as people, so that they will not be forgotten.

We are approaching the autumn with prospect of an Italian explosion, and with the knowledge that until the end of 2019 much will have changed in Europe.

The US has resoundingly expressed its consternation over the fact that Nato member Turkey plans to buy a Russian anti-aircraft, anti-missile system

The tragic death of a young man on Philopappos Hill in Athens, reminds us in the most dramatic manner that without security there can be no liberty

Under the law, only parliament and not the judiciary can probe the criminal responsibility of ministers, who are also granted an exceptionally short statute of limitations, almost always leading to their evading prosecution.

A government that had social services at the top of its agenda, would have been the first to tend to the relief of the fire-stricken and would have made sure that their tragedy will not be forgotten

'The Greek authorities should not any further allow their country to provide a safe haven to treacherous coup plotters by using as an excuse their judiciary,' the Turkish foreign ministry stated

The PM offered untrammeled demagoguery, but he did not say a word about his own misdeeds, and the crisis within a crisis which his imprudent policy triggered in the first half of 2015

'We shall not transcend the crisis as long as the current government – which insists dogmatically on an irrational mixture of taxes and insurance contributions – is in power,' said the main opposition leader

'The truth is that creditors will have the last word on a series of issues, and any divergence from what has been agreed to will be anything but easy. All of this means that the post-bailout reality will not be much different than in the memorandum period'

'Today we can safely conclude the ESM programme with no more follow-up rescue programmes, as for the first time since early 2010 Greece can stand on its own feet,' said Eurogroup chief Mario Centeno

When a government is annoyed (to put it mildly) by a daily, that means that the newspaper is most likely doing is job properly

The situation does not permit much optimism. The structural characteristics of the economy have not improved. Public administration is not trustworthy and the judiciary is dysfunctional.

The lawsuit targets Interior Minister Panos Skourletis, former public order minister Nikos Toskas, Attica Prefect Rena Dourou, former civil protection chief Ioannis Kapakis and Marathon Mayor Elias Psinakis

'The ENFIA real estate tax is so unjust that it cannot be corrected, and it must be abolished,” SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras had said at the Thessaloniki International Fair in September, 2014

The two Greek officers were arbitrarily arrested, unjustly imprisoned, used in vain as a negotiating chip, and freed when they were no longer useful for the regime in Ankara.

The US Ambassador had issued repeated public calls for the release of the two Greek officers, as had other US and EU officials

Their unconditional release was ordered by a Turkish court, but there have been feverish diplomatic efforts in the last five-and-a-half months – with the EU, Nato, the US and other allies - by the Greek government to pressure Ankara for their release.

“The crisis found the eurozone without the necessary tools for preventing it and combating it. The Greek programme was belated. It offered inadequate means, and was excessively optimistic and incomplete,” said Venizelos

Our approach and conviction, just as that of all creditable newspapers in the world, is that we publish the truth, regardless of the name and identity of the publisher, and that we check power, of whatever stripe

A lawyer for the family of victims in the deadly Mati fire has attributed blame to the Attica Prefecture, the Fire Service, and municipalities.

When a fire victim went to the bank to make a 1,200 euro withdrawal, after his 5,000 euro benefit had been deposited, he discovered that the remaining 3,800 euros had been seized by the state to cover back taxes

The confidence-building measures include a wide array of activities with Turkey, ranging from bilateral contacts to visits by officials and military exercises

At this critical hour, with instability in Turkey becoming explosive, what is required of the Greek government is calm and prudence.

Not having much else to show, Alexis Tsipras looks after his image, and he takes care not to let anything unexpected blemish it.