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The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a Greek request for interim measures against the compulsory vaccination against Covid-19. The request was lodged by 30 health workers in Greece. The ECHR reasoning and decision as in a relevant press release: Request for interim measures against Greece concerning compulsory vaccination …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s firm position that rejects a two-state solution to the Cyprus issue proposed by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots. Mitsotakis made the statement during a working dinner of European Council leaders with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held in Brussels on Thursday. In this …

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EU leaders said “No” to the vaccination certificate proposed by Greece and supported by other countries of the European South. Instead, they agreed that non-essential travel would be discouraged after a meeting to discuss the mounting challenge from more infectious virus variants. At the European Council Summit that took place …

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In a joint statement, the five mayors of the eastern Aegean islands affected by the refugee / migrant issue reject the governmental plans for closed pre-departure centers with capacities exceeding 5,000 people. The mayors complain that they were not informed in advance about the new facilities and urge New Democracy …

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Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that European Union member-states failed  to respond to the Greek request to take in 3,000 unaccompanied minors currently living in refugee camps and other facilities around the country. Speaking in the Parliament on Friday, Mitsotakis said on the distribution of 3,000 unaccompanied children in the …

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The German government shows not a single sign of willingness to negotiate with Greece over the claimed reparations from WWI and WWII. A day after Athens officially called on Berlin to join the negotiations table, the response came from the German Foreign Ministry. The issue was “legally and politically settled,” …

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The Greek Appeal Court has decided not to extradite a member of far-left terrorist group DHKP-C, who was arrested in the capital Athens in December 2017. The court accepted the public prosecutor’s suggestion that the Turkish authorities’ extradition request for Sadi Naci Ozpolat, 48, should not be accepted. The defendant …

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It was a short survival for SYRIZA-ANEL wonderful “parallel program” a series of social measures to tackle the humanitarian crisis for Greeks after six years of austerity and recession. The creditors said a loud and clear “NO! NO WAY!” and the Greek government took it back. The creditors were so …

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Do Greece’s creditors follow and apply advises proposed by conservative New Democracy? It is highly interesting that ND parliamentary group leader and former Health Minister Adonis Gerogriadis had already “advised” creditors to not adopt Tsipras’ plan and instead economically drain the country and impose capital controls. Georgiadis’ proposal came after …

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Greece’s Council of State rejected the appeal submitted by two citizens seeking to cancel Sunday’s Referendum as “unconstitutional.” Greece’s top court decided to accept an appeal by 20 lawyers seeking to cancel the two citizens’ appeal. The layers had proven the constitutionality of the Referendum. The “two citizens submitted their …

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Hardly had Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stepped at Brussels airport and the creditors started to throw stones on his way to the meeting with Institutions. They have reportedly submitted a new proposal as they do not agree with Greece’s equivalent measures. It is said that especially the IMF rejects …

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The Judicial Council rejected on Wednesday morning the request of hunger-striker Nikos Romanos to be granted educational furloughs while in prison. With Justice showing a relentless face towards a convict on hunger strike claiming his right to education as foreseen by the law, media reported last night, that coalition government …

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Alexis Tsipras, leader of main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA rejected the option that he would put his signature under the Memorandum of  Understanding (loan agreement) between Greece and its lenders. Speaking to SYRIZA parliamentary group meeting on Wednesday, Alexis Tsipras said: “If they dare to ask our signature on their …

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Are Greeks crazy? Most probably. There could be no other logical explanation, when parents reject a heating oil donation and take the risk that school radiators remain cold. OK, political motivation and other interests in the area cannot be excluded in this case, and we are very far away to …

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UPDATE: Germany΄s Bundesbank said on Monday (April 2/2012) that it will continue to accept all euro zone sovereign bonds as collateral in its lending operations, rejecting media reports that it had stopped taking debt from EU/IMF programme countries. On March 30, German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, that Germany’s Bundesbank …

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