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Greek PM asks church for restraint in Macedonia

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Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday requested restraint from the country’s influential Orthodox church amid renewed efforts to resolve a 27-year name row with neighboring Macedonia. The move came a day after the church said it was opposed to any compromise including the name ‘Macedonia’, which is also the name of a northern Greek province over which wars were fought a centuryRead more

Macedonia PM sees solution to Greece name dispute

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Macedonia and Greece have a real chance to solve a festering quarter-century-old name dispute by July, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday. "I believe it's possible to find a solution by the end of the first semester of 2018," Zaev told Greece's Alpha TV in an interview. The quarrel between Skopje and Athens dates back to Macedonia's declaration of independence from YugoslaviaRead more

Turkey rages after 'coup' officer granted asylum

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The Turkish foreign ministry on Saturday slammed a decision in Greece to grant asylum to a Turkish helicopter co-pilot, who fled the country after last year's failed coup, as "politically motivated" and warned of a negative impact on bilateral relations. The co-pilot -- who flew seven other Turkish military officers to Greece -- was granted asylum after Greek authorities ruled that hisRead more

Cash-strapped Greece sells stake

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The Greek government said Thursday that it had signed a deal to sell a majority stake in the port at Thessaloniki, part of the asset sales it agreed to as part of a huge international bailout. The state privatisation agency said the 67 percent stake was sold for 232 million euros ($275 million) to a consortium of Greek, French, GermanRead more

Bomb explodes outside Greek court, no casualties

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A bomb exploded early Friday outside one of Greece's main courthouses, officials said, but police had cleared the area and nobody was hurt. The explosion occurred at 0125 GMT outside the Athens appeals court after calls warning of a bomb had been made to the media, police said. source: AFPRead more

Greece strikes against budget cuts

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Some 20,000 people demonstrated in Greece on Thursday as a general strike against new budget cuts and labour reform paralysed the civil service and disrupted transports. Around 16,000 mainly Communist demonstrators marched in Athens while another 4,500 protested in Thessaloniki, local police said. Some of the protesters held banners in support of Palestine and against the US decision to nameRead more

Greek court orders extradition of Russian Bitcoin suspect to US

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Greece's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that a Russian accused of laundering $4 billion using bitcoin digital currency be extradited to the United States, a court source said. Greece's justice minister will now have the final say on whether to extradite Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange for the cyber currency. He was indicted by a US court inRead more

Turkey agrees to accept migrant returns

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Greece has persuaded Turkey to accept migrant returns from the mainland in order to reduce critical overcrowding in its refugee camps, a report said Saturday. The Kathimerini daily said the agreement came during a strained two-day state visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week, during which he angered his hosts with talk of revising borders and complaints aboutRead more