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Over the summer we've read about issues of water scarcity on Greece's islands, many of them struggling to find ways to meet demand during the summer - especially as tourists swarm to the islands.

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak in Brussels on Tuesday as part of a new round of the dialogue.

Petkovic is Belgrade's chief negotiator in the dialogue.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of Apostolos Tzitzikostas as the European Union's commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism, following Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's announcement of the executive's new makeup. 

Video and photo documents of the action of organizations consisting of doctors and pharmacists and cheating the EOPYY through virtual prescriptions were secured and presented by protothema.gr.

The images show members of the organizations visiting the pharmacies involved with some of them entering them holding lists (obviously of medicines) and leaving carrying paper boxes.

Gunmen attacked a military police base early Tuesday in the Malian capital Bamako where gunfire and explosions were heard and the airport was closed, sources said.

"This morning armed men attacked at least one military police base in Bamako. They have not been formally identified," a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

TALLINN - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is visiting Estonia, met with the director of Tallinn-based International Centre for Defence and Security Indrek Kannik on Monday evening.

During a round table discussion that followed, Djuric spoke with the Centre's management and researchers.

The Gaza Contact Group by the two main Islamic organizations will hold another round of meetings in Jordan on Sept. 18 to give a boost to ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, the Turkish diplomatic sources have said.