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Daily Mail includes three Greek beaches on its top Med choices (video)

DailyMailOnline has included three Greek beaches amongst the “best of the Mediterranean” collection.

The first is Egremni beach on the southwest coast of the Ionian island of Lefkada, off the western coast of mainland Greece. It’s remote but still draws numerous beach-goers.

France, Germany said to agree on easing Greek budget targets

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande acknowledged "the necessity" to lower primary surplus targets in phone talks about a debt deal Wednesday with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Greek sources said.

Opposition wants DM to reveal name of AMEX card holder

The opposition Potami and PASOK parties on Wednesday demanded that embattled Greek DM Panos Kammenos reveal the holder of an AMEX card he used in Washington D.C. to pay for a $1,400-a-night suite at a luxury hotel and a nearly 1,000-buck steak dinner.

Plevneliev Urges Changes to Election Rules to Boost Turnout, Reduce Vote Buying

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev on Wednesday sumbitted to parliament a proposal to hold a national referendum on amendments to voting rules alongside the local elections on 25 October.

In remarks released by his office Plevneliev explained that the changes aim to reduce the weight of manipulated or controlled vote in the overall results and boost voter turnout.

Diaz, Abdul join arts education program

Cameron Diaz, Paula Abdul and Macy Gray are joining a White House-sponsored initiative to help struggling schools through arts education.

The President's Committee on the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education are announcing the expansion of the Turnaround Arts initiative on June 3.

Journalists, Armenians, gays are 'representatives of sedition,' Erdo?an says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has continued his salvoes against a number of his critics including journalists, Armenians and members of the LGBTI community ahead of the June 7 general elections, accusing them of supporting the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP).

Illegal migration via Aegean sea routes skyrockets in 2015

The number of irregular migrants that landed on Greek territories in the northern half of the Aegean Sea increased by …550 percent in the March-April 2015 period from the corresponding period last year.

Journalists on trial, facing 52 years in prison

Mehmet Baransu, a reporter for the daily Taraf newspaper, and his managing editor, Murat ?evki Çoban, have each gone on trial and are facing up to 52 years in prison for publishing a confidential document about a 2004 National Security Council (MGK) meeting.

43 detained in raids in southeastern Turkey

Some 43 people were detained early on June 3 in multiple operations against the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) in the southern province of ??rnak.

Turkey expects more refugees after ISIL advance

Turkey is expecting more refugees from Syria following an advance by extremist jihadists near the Turkish border, with ?anl?urfa Gov. ?zzettin Küçük, saying around 1,000 people were waiting to enter the country. 

"There is a clash there," he said, referring to a fresh fight in Ras al-Ayn, also known as Serekaniye, a Syrian region near the town of Haseke. 

More than 10,000 ISIL men killed in 9 months: US

More than 10,000 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 3.

European court hears Alevi demands to cover cemevi expenses

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held a grand chamber hearing on June 3 over a case concerning the rejection of a demand made by a number of Turkish Alevis that the state cover the expenses of cemevis, their houses of worship.

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