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Greece among only 3 NATO members that pay their share
Despite it being on the verge of bankruptcy, Greece is one of the 3 countries among the 28 NATO members-states that covered the 2% limit of GDP on military spending in 2016, in accordance to the military alliance’s provisions. The other two countries in the North Atlantic alliance that covered the 2% quota were the US and Estonia.
ATHEX: Alpha Bank leads bourse higher
Alpha, the Greek stock market's best performing bank in the last 12 months, led blue chips and the bourse benchmark to a third day of gains on Tuesday, although the second bailout review's eagerly awaited conclusion did not get any closer.
Athens toughens bailout stance on good data as Moscovici visits
Athens appeared to toughen its stance vis-a-vis the country's creditors on Tuesday after official figures indicated that the economy performed better than expected at the end of last year.
In comments at a media briefing, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Greece was aiming to reach an agreement "without one euro more" in austerity measures.
Bulgaria's Defence Minister Files Report on Violations of Public Procurement Orders
An inspection of the work of the Defence Ministry has uncovered irregularities in over 100 public procurement orders, announced at a briefing interim Defence Minister Stefan Yanev.
The report on the public procurement orders where violations and bad practices have been discovered has been sent to the Prosecutor's Office.
Golden Dawn trial disrupted after tensions lead to scuffles
Judges hearing an ongoing case against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party had to leave the courtroom on Tuesday after scuffles broke out between the plaintiffs' and defendants' supporters.
Immigration Minister Mouzalas defends ammendment for direct concessions on refugee camps
Greek Alternate Minister of Immigration Policy Ioannis Mouzalas said normalcy on the refugee crisis did not depend on Greece, but the actual refugee flows and Greece’s responsibilities arising from EU regulations. Speaking before the parliamentary committee, Mr.
Holland Refuses To Hand Over Turkish Officers
Holland has refused to satisfy Ankara's demand that it hand over the Turkish officers who requested political asylum and has granted them temporary residence of 18 months, reported BGNES.
During this period, the Dutch Justice Ministry will review the requests of the Turkish officers and their families for political asylum in the country and decide their fate.
Serbia has over 100 arrest warrants for Kosovo crime suspects
BELGRADE - Serbia has over a hundred valid arrest warrants for people suspected of having committed war crimes in Kosovo-Metohija in the late 1990s, Tanjug has learned.
Vucic single candidate for president from SNS; Nikolic: I will not seek a second term
BELGRADE - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has become single candidate from the Serbian Progressive Party for the presidential election due in April, Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic has told reporters.
"Vucic, unanimously," the minister told reporters after a party session. Vucic himself has declined to answer the questions, saying he will make a statement later.
Russian spy ship off the east coast of USA
A Russian spy ship was spotted patrolling off the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday morning, the first such instance during the Trump administration — and the same day it was learned the Kremlin had secretly deployed controversial cruise missiles inside Russia and buzzed a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials told Fox News.
Return of nudity to Playboy! (photos)
Playboy has finally come to its sense.
And, in response, millions of men around the world will soon be able to pick up a copy of this magazine and come to completio… never mind.
Over a year since the publication made the shocking and confusing decision to go nudity-free, Chief Creative Officer Cooper Hefner has confessed this was a really dumb decision.
EC: Audit of Euro Funds Not Complete, Funding Not Frozen
The European Commission confirmed on Tuesday that an audit of Bulgaria has been carried out in relation to the funds for science and education but specified that the report from the audit is not ready and funding has not been stopped, reported BTA.
Turkish children trained as Islamists in camps in Istanbul (photos)
Over the past years the city of Istanbul (Constantinople) in Turkey has turned into a hotbed for training young children as Islamist jihadists and the enforcement of Sharia law.
Racket siphoned off 200 mln in army funds
A racket controlling clothing and footwear equipment supplies to the Hellenic Army has siphoned off more than 200 million euros in the past decade, according to a report in the Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper on Tuesday.
Ex-minister Papantoniou's sentence upheld
The Supreme Court in Athens on Tuesday upheld the four-year jail sentences handed to former Finance Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou at a previous trial which found them guilty of submitting inaccurate declaration of wealth statements ("pothen esches").
The court's criminal section rejected the couple's appeals as "groundless."