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Leader of Moria community goes on hunger strike

The leader of the Moria community on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos entered the second day of a hunger strike on Monday to demand immediate action to ease overcrowding at the Moria reception and identification center, which is currently bursting at the seams with around 8,000 asylum seekers.

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra | Athens | June 26 & 27

Award-winning maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (TSO), the historic Russian ensemble which he has led as artistic director since 1974, in works by the celebrated composer for two Greek Festival shows at the Herod Atticus Theater in central Athens.

The TSO will be joined by the distinguished, award-winning Russian pianist Varvara Nepomnyashchaya.

Thucydides the Athenian | Athens | June 26-29

A three-day conference on "Thucydides the Athenian," will take place at DIKEMES/College Year in Athens from June 26 to 29.

The conference aims to examine Thucydides within the Athenian context: exploring his political entourage and intellectual content. An international group of scholars will delve deeper into the realities of Periclean ideology and the post-Periclean legacy.

Chemical Brothers | Athens | September 8

Manchester-based electronic pioneers Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, aka the Chemical Brothers, come to Greece on September 8 with what they describe as a "mind-bending" new show.

Bosnian Croats 'Undermining State' by Opening Brussels Office

After Dragan Covic, the Croat member of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency, announced that Bosnia's Croatian-majority cantons will open a joint representative office in Brussels, critics called the move a step towards the destabilisation, and even the collapse, of the Bosnian state.

Ministry to allow cameras in schools during off-hours to prevent damages

The Greek ministry of education will allow the operation of security cameras in schools outside school hours to prevent break-ins, vandalism and other crimes, according to a new provision included the ministry's annual circular, issued on Monday.

Monthly average net wage in April was EUR 416

Compared with the previous month, the average gross wage increased by 6.2 percent in nominal terms and by 5 percent in real terms, the Statistical Office of Serbia (RZZS) has announced.

The average net wage meanwhile increased by 6.7 percent in nominal terms, and by 5.5 percent in real terms.

Experts warn of plenty of work ahead for Greek recovery

Eurozone officials greeted last week the upcoming end of the third Greek bailout program this August as Greece has returned to normality, but the situation on the ground is quite different, experts warn in Greece.

Victor Negrescu, Iurie Leanca speak about events in Republic of Moldova

Minister Delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu told a Monday's joint conference with Iurie Leanca, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, that he shared with the latter Romania's concerns regarding "the recent events in Moldova."

Families flee as Syria regime bombards southern city

Syria's regime pounded rebel-held parts of the southern city of Daraa with rockets and barrel bombs overnight causing dozens of families to flee, a monitor and an AFP reporter said Monday.

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