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Arson suspect arrested in Florina
Police in Florina, northern Greece, Tuesday detained a 58-year-old man on charges of causing a fire through neglect. According to local reports, the man had been using an agricultural machine in the area of Seltsa, in the municipality of Prespes, when a spark from the machine triggered the blaze.
Greece takes part in NATO “Sea breeze” exercise in Ukraine (videos)
Three NATO guided missile warships are set to exercise with Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea later this month, a U.S. Navy official told USNI News on Monday.
Karytaina celebrates past customs and traditions (videos-photos)
Visitors at the historic village of Karytaina, a community in Arcadia in the centre of Peloponnese, were transported to a past era on July 8, as a series of events reviving the traditional harvesting and threshing were celebrated.
Risk of Political Control Over Media in Bulgaria is 79%
An independent study, presented in the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, has identified Bulgaria together with Greece, Hungary and Italy as a country at risk of concentration of media ownership and political control over editorial policy, reported bTV.
According to the authors of the study, the risk of political control over media in Bulgaria is 79%.
Greece's market return may be imminent: bankers, investors
Greece could return to financial markets in the next few weeks, investors and bankers close to the discussions told Reuters, raising private cash that would mark an important step towards ending its dependence on official funding next year.
Polish bus overturned near Feketic, one dead, 25 injured
Photo: RTS
A Polish license plates bus that was transporting children on Tuesday morning drove off the Subotica-Novi Sad road in northern Serbia and turned over.
The accident resulted in the death of one person - an adult, according to media reports. 25 others have been injured.
Belgrade Regrets Legitimising Macedonia's Name
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic again regretted Serbia's recognition of Macedonia by its constitutional name.
Opposition criticizes ex-Supreme Court president's posting to PM's legal service
Greece's main opposition party, New Democracy, on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the appointment of recently retired Supreme Court president Vassiliki Thanou to the head of the prime minister's legal department, calling the decision a "dark page for democracy."
Klaus Regling: This is ‘good moment’ for Greece to consider how to return to markets
Greece should use the time before the end of its adjustment program to think about how to return to the markets, the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling said after the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday.
Time for Greece to rejoin global markets
For the first time since 2014, the environment is benign for Greece's quest to return to the bond markets: the completion of the second bailout review, the improved state of the Greek economy and the revitalized sense of purpose in the eurozone after Emmanuel Macron's victory in France all pave the road to success.
Athens ponders five-year bond within July
After Monday's disbursement of the bailout tranche of 7.7 billion euros, the return to the bond markets is the next move being prepared by the Finance Ministry, possibly as early as next week.
Kotzias on Cyprus deadlock: Turkey wanted ‘army of putschists’ to guarantee peace on the island
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday laid the blame for the collapse of the Cyprus talks in Crans Montana squarely at Turkey’s door, responding with some plain talk to questions from the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
White House: VP Pence spoke with Tsipras about bilateral ties, NATO, Cyprus talks
The Vice President of the United States Mike Pence and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed in a phone call on Monday bilateral ties, Greece’s NATO contributions and the end of the Cyprus talks, according to a White House readout.
Pence also congratulated Tsipras on Greece’s progress towards overcoming the economic crisis. The full statement is as follows:
Greek court hands Heineken record fine for market abuse
A Greek court has imposed a €26.7m fine on Heineken subsidiary Athenian Brewery for abusing its dominant position in the Greek beer market over more than two decades.
In 2004, the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) opened an ex-officio investigation into the alleged market abuses of Heineken’s local subsidiary.
Dacic: Serbs and Greeks are friends and brothers
Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met in Athens on Monday with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias.
Dacic said that he particularly wanted to point out that "Serbs and Greeks are friends and brothers" - something "confirmed by our historic friendship and mutual solidarity through centuries."