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The voices in SYRIZA against the party’s junior coalition partner are hypocritical. They knew very well not just who they were governing with, but also with whom they embraced on election night and during the vote of confidence in parliament.

Τhe situation prevailing in Greek football has reached red alert. It is a stench for which FIFA and UEFA bear responsibility - The legal representative of Olympiacos placed the cleanup and the stench in the centre

The ideological and political differences between SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks were highlighted in their conflicting views on church-state relations, the law on same-sex partnerships, and a host of other social issues.

'Since the referendum was consultative, and not mandatory, it is now up to the Members of Parliament, chosen by the people, to make a decision respecting and following the interests of the citizens, the country and their personal duty,' Zaev told Ta Nea in an exclusive interview.

The Bavarian elections may signal the beginning of the end, and not just for a politician. When we are speaking about a Chancellor who has been in power since 2005, it would most certainly be the end of an era. It would have an impact beyond Germany.

In the framework of the 2014-2020 national programmes, Greece is entitled to 561mn euros, of which 322.8mn derive from the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, and 238.2mn from the European Commission’s Internal Security Fund.

It is inconceivable for a minister whose portfolio is unrelated to foreign affairs to set a foreign policy different than that of the government, or to issue invitations and hand over cities to become foreign bases.

It is indicative that, based on data presented to parliament by the justice ministry, in the 2015-2018 period, there were 341 prisoners released based on handicaps, out of whom 323 availed themselves of the provisions of the Paraskevopoulos law.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos issued a thinly veiled call for the two countries to agree to take the issue to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The country is being transformed into an aircraft carrier by those who had politically invested in anti-Americanism, depicted themselves as heralds of national independence, and described their political opponents as “Quislings” and “German collaborators”.

Yesterday, we learned that a minister can, unhindered, create a new defence dogma, decide alliances and plot out military bases in other countries, and be called to order politely by the prime minister, and no one reacts.

Something inconceivable is happening: The finance minister is on a road show in Hong Kong to lure investment, and the prime minister brushes off the central banker, and indeed unleashes targeted attacks against him.

European mechanisms which check and monitor banks with particularly tight oversight have created a mutually acceptable plan for reducing NPLs, and have concluded that it is adequate and viable, but the markets show with their stance that they do not trust it.

Athens has lodged complaints with both the EU and Turkey, in a bid to secure a tighter border, and that a representative of the European Commission visited Ankara in order to raise the issue with Turkish authorities.

The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government offered a hell on earth to people who sought refuge in Greece in order to escape the ills of their own countries.

The truth is that Greek banks are in a much better position than they were two years ago. They have improved their position. Their liquidity is better, and they are earnestly trying to reduce the burden of NPLs.

The former head of refugee reception and identification centres, Andreas Iliopoulos, said that there are indications of a widespread mismanagement of funds, both by the state, including the Defence Ministry, and NGOs

The problems of the banking sector cannot be handled by waging a continual war with the Bank of Greece, the country’s central bank, and its governor, Yannis Stournaras.

The situation was aggravated when the government showed in every way possible that it is more motivated by its electoral pursuits and political aims than by anything else.

In a referendum, voters often respond to the person asking the question, rather than the question itself