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Greece has submitted a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining the background of the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum. The Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Maria Theofili, underlined in the letter that “Greece maintains all its rights under international law and calls on Libya and Turkey to respect the …

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Turkey, Sweden and Finland sign memorandum on Nordic countries’ NATO bids after talks in Madrid on Tuesday evening. Finland, Sweden to take concrete steps on extradition of terrorists, preventing terrorist propaganda against Turkey. Turkey committed to agree to support at Madrid Summit invitation of Finland, Sweden to become NATO members. …

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The austerity nightmare has no end. Despite the fact that the International Monetary Fund has only an adviser role in the third bailout program, it keeps pushing and pushing for cuts and more cuts without end. It wants cuts in unemployment allowance – currently at 360 euro. Cuts in poverty …

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All fine in Greece! People may freeze and starve or get a 20-euro bank note for working 8 hours a day without social security contributions and health care, people may be short before jumping from their balconies out of despair for being long-time unemployed, but at least one is confident …

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All good on the Eastern Front. Greece and Russia signed a memorandum of cooperation on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is going to meet President Vladimir Putin in the afternoon. The Greek delegation officially attends the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. Friday morning, Russia and Greece …

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Master Mind Bob Traa, a Dutch,  is the permanent representative of the International Monetary Fund in Athens. He put down in a memo the 9 steps-measures that he has in mind apparently in order to increase competitiveness and provide economic growth in debt- and recession-ridden Greece. For these reason workers …

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