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Athens has stepped up its campaign in recent years for the return of the marbles after opening a new museum in 2009 at the foot of the Acropolis

It is this obstinate devotion to unbending rules which over the last years has nurtured the monster of populism.

It is an odd twist of fate that two countries which are so different, Greece and the UK, experienced a similar drama due to a referendum.

'After 10 years of crisis, Greece is broadening its horizons, and we do not forget that Europe stood by our side,' Mitsotakis said.

Since Mr. Mitsotakis has declared that he intends to meet creditors’ demand (to which Greece has signed on) for a 3.5 percent primary surplus over the next two years the fiscal space is exceptionally narrow.

The numbers are truly amazing and unique globally if one considers the number of lives that were lost over the Aegean over the past decades in an undeclared war.

'We already have some very good news : The Elliniko development project, the submission of a new COSCO master plan for a real upgrade of the Port of Piraeus, and developments at the Skaramangas shipyards,' Mitsotakis said.

Potentially the palpable result of the Mitsotakis-Merkel meeting is a plan for a joint investment programme in green technology, energy, renewable energy, and waste management

Refugee and migrant flows cannot be handled without European authorities participating and standing by Greece and without a distribution of the burden.

Our partners are obliged to secure the Greek-European borders and to create a system for the just distribution of refugees.

The Brexit path toward the unknown does concern only the UK. BREIt is an economic event of such magnitude that it can affect the global economy.

Regarding the migration-refugee issue that has bedeviled Greece the two leaders expressed agreement on the way to handle it.

'We want to save the company. If PPC collapses then the country collapses and I want that to be understood both domestically and in Brussels,' the energy minister declared.

The strongman of Olympiacos stressed that the challenge for the Red-and-Whites will be quite difficult but that everyone believes in the team’s capabilities.’

'We are examining with Germany a green development plan which we will present to the chancellor in December,’ the PM underlined.

The announcements over the last four years of the Association of Judges and Prosecutors had denounced the stance of the Tsipras government, which had repeatedly attacked the judiciary.

Clearly the arrogant Mr. Johnson fears nothing and nobody and is acting on the basis of his self-deceptions and illusions.

The danger of a new economic derailment has not been eradicated.

The problem is that the current dysfunctional and largely counter-productive university admissions exams system has been maintained – with certain variations - over so many years.

The yield on the ten-year bond dropped to 1.83%, a 12 basis-point drop, or 6.45 percent as compared to Monday’s closing.

The government was forced to shut down banks and to impose capital controls, which was supposed to be a temporary measure.

After four years of sacrifices Greece has transcended an environment of reservations that was maintained by the markets and representatives of the international economic system.

'At last today a protracted cycle of insecurity is ending definitively and a new cycle for Greece’s future is beginning,' the PM said.

Not only in Greece but in all countries the issue of keeping commercial shops open on Sundays has stirred intense debate.

Now everyone can understand that the Elliniko investment, liberated from bureaucratic red tape and shackles, can move forward and offer the expected growth impetus to Attica and the entire country.

'We are aware of the tensions Greece faces in the Eastern Mediterraean. The Eastern Mediterranean makes your country important in the region,' Macron stated.

The new PPC management must draw up a credible restructuring plan which by all appearances will entail a high and relentless cost.

Businesses have a similar need for tax breaks so as to invest and create new jobs.

The first crucial step will be the draft legislation on investment that will enter public consultation in the coming days.

What is needed is a comprehensive PPC salvation plan that can avert even the slightest possibility of collapse.

Ex-PM Alexis Tsipras essentially attempted to indirectly hinder labour market liberalisation and labour minister Effie Achtsioglou instituted mandatory justification of layoffs.

That reality is clearly demonstrated in the exhausting work schedules imposed on doctors and nurses on the islands in order to meet the heightened needs of the summer months.

Either a country can be dragged into power plays and sabre-rattling or it acts in a calm and prudent manner with knowledge of its geopolitical position and interenational alliances.

In the last four years what prevailed was the simplistic and naïve view that what is crucial is to take power and everything else follows or even worse happens on its own.