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The Greek Presidency had officially announced that rescuer Iasonas Apostolopoulos was among those citizens to be decorated for their actions on the occasion the 47. restoration of democracy on Saturday. However, Apostolopoulos’ decoration was cancelled without any justification apparently following political pressure by some members of ruling party New Democracy. …

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Portugal’s Finance Minister, socialist Mario Centeno won the Eurogroup presidency in two rounds of voting in Brussels Monday afternoon! The Latvian and Slovak finance ministers dropped out after the first round. Centeno won in a head to head against Luxemburg’s Pierre Gramegna. 51-year-old Mario Centeno is an economist and academic  …

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The President of the Greek Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos,  hosted a special event on Thursday to honor the Greek team at the Olympic 2016. They were all there. Except, the athlete who held the first Gold medal for Greece in Rio: Anna Korakaki. The embarrassing “gaffe” (?)  by the personnel at …

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Just a few hours before the first round of Presidential voting, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras issued a statement urging MPs to vote in favor of Stavor Dimas tonight, “in order to avoid adventures for the European course of the country,” as he said it characteristically. At the same time, …

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Turkey cannot hide its anger over that Cyprus will take over the EU’s rotating presidency in July 2012. And every once in a while, Ankaras uses all possible chances to express its disapproval. This time it was Turkish president Abdullah Gul who expressed his anger in a delirium: “Greek Cyprus …

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