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KINAL chief renews call for early elections
The leader of the centrist Movement for Change (KINAL), Fofi Gennimata, on Tuesday described former defense minister Panos Kammenos's departure from the SYRIZA-led coalition as a premeditated farce, while renewing her call for early elections.
"For us you are a minority government. No, we do not have trust in you," Gennimata told lawmakers on the eve of a confidence vote.
Kosovo Film Makes it to Prestigious Berlinale
Kosovo film-making will debut at the prestigious Berlinale International Film Festival next month with the short film In Between [Në Mes], described by its producer as a "very Kosovar" look at the relationship between brothers and the issue of migration.
Turkey lifts customs duty on onions until end of February
A presidential decree published in the Official Gazette has set customs duty on onions to zero temporarily.
Greek Women | Athens | To April 30
In "Studios in Time," the Frissiras Museum presents selected work by 10 distinguished women artists - Antigoni Kavvatha, Marigo Kassi, Pelagia Kyriazi, Aphrodite Liti, Eva Mela, Eleni Moraiti, Vally Nomidou, Spiridoula Politi, Despina Tsakni and Mary Christea - selected for the continuity of their oeuvre and for their influence on the contemporary Greek art scene.
Maria Bourbou | Athens | January 16 - February 5
In "Surface," a show at the Hellenic American Union in Athens, Maria Bourbou presents photographs of natural landscapes in an oversized black-and-white format that endows them with an almost metaphysical quality. The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Hellenic American College (HAEC), with the support of the Embassy of Luxembourg, and opening hours are Mondays to Fridays from noon
Bulgarian Passports in Top 20 Most Powerful in the World
With a Bulgarian passport you can travel to 169 countries.
Army of the Orient | Thessaloniki | January 16
As part of its ongoing exhibition of drawings, maps and watercolors executed by amateur artist soldiers of the Allied Army of the Orient posted to Thessaloniki during the Great War (1914-18), the Teloglion Foundation will also screen related footage from the film archives of the French Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, January 16.
Greek PM set to scrape through confidence motion
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made an impassioned appeal to Parliament for support on Tuesday, the eve of a confidence vote he is expected to survive by a whisker with the backing of a handful of opposition lawmakers.
Sebastian Kurz: The Bulgarian Presidency Opened a New Era in the Importance of the Western Balkans
He participates in a debate on the Austrian EU presidency in the European Parliament, reported NOVA TV.
Speaking to the European Parliament, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz welcomed the return of the Western Balkans to the center of European events. Kurtz participated in the debate on the Austrian EU presidency in the last six months of 2018.
Exchange of non-papers between Turkey and US aims to set political framework for post-US pullout: Diplomat
Turkey's response to a non-paper, delivered by a top White House aide during talks in Ankara on Jan. 8, mainly outlines how Ankara perceives Turkey's role in a deal reached between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the post-U.S. pullout period, a Turkish diplomatic source has told Hürriyet Daily News.
Macedonia Step Toward Joining NATO
Macedonia, which was created when Yugoslavia broke up, was invited to join the alliance in 2008, but its membership was vetoed by Greece, which already has its own province named Macedonia.
Athens claimed that the name made it sound like Macedonia the country has its eyes set on annexing Macedonia the province — or at the least was appropriating Greece's historical heritage.
#Romania2019.eu/Start-up Europe Summit to be hosted by Cluj-Napoca; Municipality endorses event with 282,000 lei
Cluj-Napoca city will host the Start-up Europe Summit in March, taking into account that the local councilors approved on Tuesday the allocation of 282,000 lei for organising the event.
MATERA, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2019
With a lot of music and light show on 19 January, the southern Italian city of Matera in the Basilica region became an official European capital of culture for 2019 next to Plovdiv, where the ceremony took place on January 12th.
President, ministers meet with EU ambassadors
Ambassadors and diplomatic representatives of 23 EU member states and head of the EU Delegation to Serbia are attending the meeting with Villa Mir in Belgrade.
Kammenos criticizes PM for supporting 'already dead' Prespes accord
Two days after his resignation from the government over the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), former defense minister Panos Kammenos on Tuesday criticized the leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for defending the agreement in Parliament.