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Paris Match’s cover story is entitled “Betty, the Iron lady of Alexis Tsipras”, and it casts the spotlight on Greece’s first lady — or even “second lady”, given that there’s also a president of the republic.

Turkish Airlines is considering starting flights with its low-cost unit AnadoluJet to Germany, France and Britain, although no decision has yet been taken, the carrier's chief executive told a German paper.

Eight projects of six EU Member States will be the first to receive funding under the so-called Juncker Plan.

French farmers protesting over falling food prices threatened to step up blockades of cities, roads and tourist sites on July 22, as the government prepared to unveil emergency aid for them.

Farmers have dumped manure in cities, blocked access roads and motorways and hindered tourists from reaching Mont St-Michel in northern France, one of France's most visited sites.

The financial crisis is having a deadly impact on animals at Attica Zoological Park, Athens’ only zoo at Spata. Many of the zoo’s 1,200 animals require imported specialty foods but – as if the 23% VAT hike on animal feed were not enough – the government-imposed restrictions on cash are blocking the zoo’s ability to access foreign shipments.

Protesting ferry workers temporarily blocked French road access to the undersea rail tunnel linking France to Britain on July 21, a Eurotunnel  spokesman said.

Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a U.N. AIDS envoy has warned.

Speaking to AFP ahead of the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, which opened Sunday, Michel Kazatchkine called on key nations to intervene as soon as possible.

European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Greece’s EU lenders have agreed to provide debt relief provided that the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government can deliver on the terms of its third bailout package.

A Dutch-Turkish national accused of raising funds and recruiting in Europe for an Islamist militant group active in Afghanistan has been extradited to the United States and charged with terrorism offenses, the U.S. Justice Department said on July 20.

It’s no surprise that Greece is among the favorite spot of international nudists with Greece, France and Croatia being the top destinations for those who love the seawater to touch them all over without restriction. Naturists saw the potential of Greek beaches since the famous hippie days at Matala, Crete. Here are the top 10 Greek nudist beaches around Greece today: