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“Citizens should consider that the vacuum that emerges when the institutions of democracy, including the judiciary, recede, is filled by raw violence, befitting primitive societies,” their statement said.

An EU official who briefed Brussels correspondents on background signaled satisfaction on the conclusion of Greece’s technical agreement with creditors, and expressed certainty that all decisions on Greece’s exit from the memorandum and on debt relief will be taken at the 21 June Eurogroup.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his cabinet today that the government will honour all its existing commitments in the post-bailout period, and presented to the cabinet his growth strategy for the coming years.

The name strikes a deep nationalist and irredentist chord, as it commemorates the 1903 Ilinden uprising by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO) against the Ottomans, and later efforts to establish a Slavic state on the entire geographic territory of Macedonia

Tsipras, Zaev spoke for several hours throughout the night last night. “We are still not in a position to speak of an agreement… We still have some way to go to bridge the distance,” the Greek PM said.

After 42 years on the bench, Nikos Sakellariou resigned with an address that lambasted the government’s intervention in the judiciary, the devastating social impact of Greece’s bailout memorandums, and the internal operation of the high court.

At a press conference today, Sakellariou spoke of an inconceivable violation of judicial confidentiality, over which he had no control, and that the affair has harmed the judiciary.

Greece was the seventh most popular destination for European markets, and 10th most popular in non-European markets, with a five percent and four percent market share, respectively.

Athens turned into chaos as AEK and PAOK fans clashed in a terrifying manner before tonight’s Greek Cup Final. Violent riots have marked the final cup between AEK and PAOK before even the fight begins. AEK fans beat up fans of PAOK after they forced them out from their van, then torched the vehicle with […]

The interim agreement would commit Skopje to amend its constitution to include the new name for domestic use and to remove all irredentist references, but also to resolve the thorny issues of language and ethnic identity within two years.

The issue internally split SYRIZA, its junior coalition partner the Independent Greeks, and New Democracy, as renegade MPs in each of the parties defied the party line.

The three leaders renewed their commitment to the EastMed pipeline, which as of 2022 will transport natural gas from Israel’s Tamar and Leviathan EEZ blocs and Cyprus’ EEZ, via Greece to Italy and other EU countries.

“The first issue that the bill resolves is that children that are living in orphanages will no longer be invisible. No state and no organised polity can allow these souls to be treated as the outcasts of society,’ the PM said.

“Apart from anything else, Greece is in my blood and I have long had a fascination for her ancient culture and history,” Charles told the daily Kathimerini.

'We are aware of the differences between Greece and Turkey. Both are highly valued allies. They are both contributing in collective defense but at the same time we are aware of the differences, especially at some of the islands in the Aegean Sea'

Those arrested were allegedly depositing money in a bank account opened by 28-year-old Konstantinos Giatzoglou, who is in prison on charges of having sent a letter bomb to former PM Lucas Papademos, who was seriously injured.