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Turkey’s untrammeled audacity and enormous provocations have led to not unfounded suspicions that Ankara is getting ready for extremely bellicose acts against Greece.

With Turkey hosting over three million migrants and refugees from Syria and elsewhere it is using the threat of unleashing waves of migrants and refugees toward Europe to blackmail Greece, Germany and the EU more generally.

Politicians during the crisis were unable to do the self-evident – to have everyone table their proposals for the economy to transcend the impasse and find a path of recovery.

Political parties have a duty to weigh all the parameters before responding to the nomination of the majority and to rise to the occasion.

Mr. Mitsotakis has taken an innovative approach and has defused past tensions linked to the election of the president by making a decision that signifies political progress in the country.

In his address, Mitsotakis said, "The decision I had to make was by no means easy, as the person fulfilling the role has to incorporate the nation's unity, have a sense of duty, knowledge, prestige and international experience.”

Geopolitical constants have been lost, developments are being shaped elsewhere, and Greece for the time being cannot have the impact that it deserves and would want to have.

Our country must be present with the diplomatic vigour that its geopolitical place demands and with a clear conception of its size and role.

UN initiatives to solve Greek national issues have been viewed with suspicion and expectations have been tempered. In the current phase many hoped for an American intervention to subdue Turkish aggressiveness.

In three PAOK debuts this year, Melo Pereira has appointed referees whose "biceps" have reunited them at European games. And, quite by chance, the referees were friendly to him.

Varadkar's Fine Gael and the fellow centre-right Fianna Fail are closely matched in opinion polls, and some distance ahead of their other rivals, increasingly the likelihood that one of the two parties with similar policies on the economy and Brexit will lead to another minority administration.

"The installation stops people in their tracks. It's quite attention grabbing: it's bright, it's a little bit different, and whether people are interested in air pollution or not, I think it's going to make them stop and take notice."

AEK was furious with referees’ decisions. They think that these decisions were significant for the outcome of the Toumba derby. Their first reaction talks about alteration of the final result

In recognition of the great sacrifices of the Greek people creditors should meet Athens’ demand that the primary surplus target – a noose that is choking the Greek economy - be lowered.

In a rare diplomatic move Vice-President President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosted a reception for the Greek prime minister which naturally was attended by Greek-American leaders and wealthy potential donors.

Our country, however, must not miss the opportunity to go astray

The EU's deadline for a decision is now April 30. The investigation was suspended until January 6.

The groundbreaking initiative - which saw the state government give 900 acres of land to survivors of slavery in 1986 - has diversified in recent years, growing pepper and coffee, as well as tea, and opening its doors to eco-tourism

For Greece a presidential statement regarding Turkish violations of international law in the Southeast Mediterranean and the Aegean would have been welcome but there was no joint press conference after the talks.

These are trying times for the world. Greece needs more than ever new alliances and collaborations that are sufficient to ensure its forces and capabilities.