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Erdogan says Blue Homeland drill is not directed against Greece

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the "Greeks appeared to be frightened of" the ongoing large-scale Blue Homeland military exercise in the Aegean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. He added, however, that the "exercise is not directed against Greece."

PM Dancila says Romanian Presidency of EU Council has proved efficient, of quality

The Romanian Presidency at the Council of the European Union Council has proved to be efficient and of quality, highly praised by all European partners, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Friday, adding that 67 files on the agenda have been closed.

How much ground has democracy lost in recent years?

In China 30 years ago an audacious public protest in the capital's central square pushed the country's autocrats to the brink, and when the Soviet Union imploded, the ruling party's most relentless critic became Russia's president and dominant political figure. Ascendant America had no serious rival. In Europe, West welcomed East.

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