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Macron is accused of being "co-responsible for the irresponsible course of the centralist EU."

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Those who cite the well-known remark by Lord Acton do so by focusing on economic corruption, but a political leader and his entourage are also judged by their general behavior, including the way they treat others.

Russia can depend on Greece as a reliable partner, conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday, adding that a New Democracy government would work toward strengthening bilateral ties between Athens and Moscow.

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is paying a two-day visit to Russia with a party delegation, met on Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 26 congratulated his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his 65th birthday.     

Nachiket Mor, national director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in India and former board member of the country's Reserve Bank, traveled to Athens recently on the invitation of Greece's Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) to deliver a lecture on the subject of health systems in developing countries.

The leader of the main conservative opposition New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to pay a two-day visit to Moscow next week, ND has announced.
During his visit on Wednesday and Thursday he is to meet with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior members of the government.

Greek design firm Mousegraphics bagged two gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the 11th edition of the Pentawards, a global competition devoted exclusively to packaging design, which took place in Barcelona last month.

A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been selected as Turkey’s most outstanding young person in the field of politics, law and public administration.