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The Greek Parliament that emerged form the elections on July 7, was sworn in on Wednesday morning. 300 lawmakers received the blessing of the Church, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos, and members of the Holy Synod. The lawmakers took a religious or political oath, while the three Muslim …
Read More »Trump: US will not sell F-35 to Turkey, but reluctant to impose sanctions
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration would not sell to Turkey F-35 fighter jets because of Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 air defense system. However, he showed reluctance to impose sanctions against the country. During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump said “we are now telling Turkey…we’re …
Read More »ESM Regling: “Tax cuts to be coupled with bordering of tax base”
“Greece’s economy – fulfilling expectations after the elections”? Clearly, a new government brings the opportunity to present new priorities,” said the Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism, Klaus Regling during his speech at the Economist Conference on Tuesday. Although the government has just been elected and details remain to …
Read More »Partial Lunar Eclipse July 16-17; Visibility in Greece
A partial lunar eclipse will take place shortly on 16 and 17 July 2019. The Moon should be covered about 65% by the Earth’s umbral shadow at maximum eclipse. The phenomenon will last 177 minutes and 56 seconds It will be visible over most of Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, and …
Read More »German Ursula von der Leyen is the new European Commission President
German conservative Ursula von der Leyen is the new President of the European Commission and the first woman ever on this post. Germany’s defense minister was confirmed as the successor to Jean-Claude Juncker by a majority of only 9 votes at th eEuropean Parliament on Tuesday evening after a much-criticised …
Read More »Education Minister on abolition of University Asylum: “With a phone call by a citizen police…”
“With a single phone call by a citizen or a student, police can enter universities and uni campus,” Education Minister Niki Kerameos said on Tuesday about the hot potato of the so-called “university asylum” the new conservative government wants to abolish. Speaking to private ANT1 TV on Tuesday morning, Kerameos …
Read More »Crete Police reveals appalling details about the murder of Suzanne Eaton
“Suzanne Eaton was raped and murdered,” the local branch of Greek Police on the island of Crete announced during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, short before the 27-year-old perpetrator with initials G.P. to taken to prosecutor. The 27-year-old Greek man “has confessed to the murder of 60-year-old American biologist …
Read More »7-Year Bond yield pushed to 1.9% following strong demand
Greece has opened books for a new seven-year bond, its third such issue since it emerged from international bailouts last year. Initial price estimate was for a yield of around 2.1 percent, financial media report. According to Greek sources, the bond was was met with strong demand by long-term institutional …
Read More »National Meteo upgrades Weather Warning to “Red Alert” July 16-17
Greece’s National Meteorological Service has updated the weather warning of July 15, 2019 to a Red Alert warning of Dangerous Weather Phenomena. According to the Red Alert warning issued by EMY on Tuesday, July 16, main features of the weather are strong rainfalls and storms that will be locally accompanied …
Read More »Turkey ignores EU measures, sends 4th drilling vessel to Cyprus
Turkey has ignored the punitive measures released by the European Union late on Monday and announced that it is sending a fourth drilling vessel to Cyprus. This was announced on Tuesday morning by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu currently on a visit to North Macedonia. Commenting on the EU measures, …
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