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The attacks came even as Kammenos’ Independent Greeks party lost the status of a parliamentary party (which requires five MPs).

The protocol – tabled in Parliament with the title “Ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia” - was ratified by an absolute majority of 153 votes.

Kammenos today expelled Papachristopopulos, effectively dissolving his parliamentary group, and reported that in a letter to Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis.

Those who today are complaining and denouncing the level of political dialogue should perhaps weigh their decisions more carefully in the future.

Weber lambasted Tsipras’ economic policy and the Greek PM’s refusal to sign on to EU initiatives regarding the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

'The Independent Greeks’ parliamentary group convened and we unanimously demanded that Mr. Papachristopoulos surrender his seat to the party as he had promised.'

The finance ministry now fears that fiscal targets will not be met if employees’ holiday bonuses are restored in the public sector.

The current protection ceiling for primary residences – between 180,000 and 280,000 euros – is viewed as unrealistic by both the banks and creditors.

Businessmen and bankers believe that even in these problematic conditions Mitsotakis and a New Democracy government have the opportunity to present a contemporary and effective growth model.

The country’s admission to Nato was the key issue that determined the strong international push for Athens and Skopje to resolve the decades’ long naming dispute

Tsipras' visit to Hagia Sophia had an additional symbolic charge as there have been calls of late from Turkish Islamists for the museum to re-operate as a Mosque

Ankara made clear that the agenda would include issues which for Greek diplomacy have been steadfastly non-negotiable.

Erdogan made clear his persistence in demanding the extradition of eight Turkish military officers who have been granted asylum in Greece.

A dour-faced PM explained that he could not extradite eight Turkish officers Erdogan wants because the Greek judiciary ruled against their extradition.

Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, underlined yesterday that Ankara will not tolerate de facto situations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.

The eight are accused of participating in the coup and working with the network of Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen.

Social mobility, the reduction of inequalities, the lifting of exclusions, and the end of the police state are all achievements of Andreas Papandreou.

Those who are today engaging in machinations to secure their handicapped parliamentary majority believed that in democracy everything can happen and be justified.

The move is a bid to end the political uncertainty of whether the government has the constitutionally mandated parliamentary on each and every vote.

The main challenge and greatest problem in bilateral relations, however, is Ankara’s persistent claims against Greek sovereign rights in the Aegean.