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An EU official who briefed Brussels correspondents on background signaled satisfaction on the conclusion of Greece’s technical agreement with creditors

 Kammenos also said that arms procurement complies strictly with the state budget, and that the military agreement with the US has been very fruitful

Pavlopoulos said Greece has partners within the Council and the EU who do not exhibit the requisite solidarity on the refugee issue.

One must ask, does the government really think it is normal for freelance professionals to pay 60 percent of their income on taxes and insurance contributions?

The government's aim is to advance debt relief negotiations and secure an arrangement that will allow Greece’s transition to another phase

'ND’s response to the prime minister’s criticism of extreme-right violence, which the main opposition hosts in its basements and in its highest echelons, is a characteristic example of bigotry, which presages thuggish attacks such as the one against Boutaris,' SYRIZA declared

Tsipras denounced the 19 May attack on Thessaloniki Mayor Yannis Boutaris, and blamed main opposition New Democracy’s tactics as a cause

The time has come for the condemnations by the political establishment to be transformed into action. Political violence has no place in Greek society

The Greek judicial system does not satisfy the common sense of justice, as all types of interventions alloy the judgment of judges

Spokesman Dennis Kolberg refused comment on the issue of whether Greece should request a post-bailout precautionary credit line

The name strikes a deep nationalist and irredentist chord, as it commemorates the 1903 Ilinden uprising

There appears to be a parallel negotiation in progress, regarding the national debt, which is linked to the FYROM naming issue

We are thus headed toward fresh pension cuts, and the fairy tales peddled by various MPs and ministers were just cheap propaganda

'All who participate in evictions, property seizures, and auctions of working class homes will experience the reaction from grass roots,' the statement said.

There is still a way to go as regards mandatory use of the new name domestically in FYROM, and the constitutional revision that this will require

The PM said he also met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron and raised the issue of debt relief

One conclusion from the rise of the yield of the Greek 10-year bond is that the markets are nervous

The outgoing high court president, Nikos Sakellariou, was the pick of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government, because he was in line with the anti-bailout memorandum mentality of that period

The resignation is a strong blow to the government, and the main opposition, which itself has charged egregious government intervention in the judiciary, hastened to exploit it

He said his thoughts are with average citizens who are the victims of bailout memorandums