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691. Two Greek soldiers released from Turkish jail return home

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-greek-soldiers-released-from-turkish-jail-return-home

Two Greek soldiers freed after months in a Turkish prison returned to Greece by government jet early Wednesday after their unexpected release by a provincial court....

692. Greek soldiers released from Turkish jail pending trial soldiers

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-soldiers-released-from-turkish-jail-pending-trial-soldiers

Two Greek servicemen who had been detained in Turkey since early March for accidentally crossing the border in bad weather have been released from jail pending trial, Anadolu agency reported on Tuesday evening....

693. Greece: Russia's decision to expel embassy personnel 'arbitrary and retaliatory'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-russia-s-decision-to-expel-embassy-personnel-arbitrary-and-retaliatory

Russia’s decision to expel members of the Greek embassy in Moscow is “arbitrary, retaliatory and not based on any evidence,” the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a lengthy announcement issued on Friday....

694. 2021, a landmark year

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/2021-a-landmark-year

It won’t be long before 2021 is upon us. In three years’ time Greece will be celebrating the bicentennial of its war of independence against Ottoman rule. It will be a landmark anniversary and should be commemorated as such. All sorts of institutions, foundations and associations will host events which, combined with the state ceremonies, will lend a celebratory character to the occasion....

695. Lack of early warning, town planning led to high death toll, study finds

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lack-of-early-warning-town-planning-led-to-high-death-toll-study-finds

Authorities’ failure to issue a timely warning about the approaching wildfire that scorched the town of Mati, a popular tourist resort 17 miles east of Athens, left “almost zero time between realizing the danger and reacting to it,” according to a preliminary inquiry into the deadly inferno released Tuesday by the University of Athens. ...

696. Holding referendums in FYROM and Greece

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/holding-referendums-in-fyrom-and-greece

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is moving ahead with preparations for its referendum on the name deal reached with Athens, which will pave the way for its induction to NATO and remove a major obstacle to the process for it to join the European Union....

697. Cyprus improves but more work needed to combat human trafficking

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-improves-but-more-work-needed-to-combat-human-trafficking

A US report on human trafficking has reinstated the Republic of Cyprus back to Tier 1, saying the country meets minimum standards while the situation in the north is a lot worse...

698. Tsipras, Erdogan discuss meeting on sidelines of NATO summit

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-erdogan-discuss-meeting-on-sidelines-of-nato-summit

Officials in Athens and Ankara are busy trying to lay the groundwork for a meeting, even a brief one, between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO Summit on July 10....

699. Kammenos says will call on PM to seek supermajority for name deal

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-says-will-call-on-pm-to-seek-supermajority-for-name-deal

The head of Greece's junior coalition partner and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday he will ask Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to seek a supermajority of 180 MPs in the country's 300-seat House for the ratification of the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), instead of a regular majority of 151, given the importance of the issue....

700. FYROM parliament starts debate on name deal with Greece

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fyrom-parliament-starts-debate-on-name-deal-with-greece

The parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Tuesday started debating a law ratifying an agreement with neighboring Greece designed to end a decades-long dispute over the country’s name....

701. FYROM government submits deal on new name to parliament

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fyrom-government-submits-deal-on-new-name-to-parliament

The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) set in motion Monday the process of ratifying a pending agreement to change the country's name to "North Macedonia" in hopes of ending a bitter 27-year dispute with southern neighbor Greece....

702. Tsipras, Zaev hold phone call ‘in good climate’

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-zaev-hold-phone-call-‘in-good-climate

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart Zoran Zaev of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Monday held a telephone conversation, according to local media reports....

703. FYROM name deal ‘days away,’ both sides say

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fyrom-name-deal-‘days-away-both-sides-say

There was a sense Tuesday that Athens and Skopje were inching toward a deal on the ongoing “Macedonia” name dispute despite domestic opposition in both countries, with several protest rallies planned for Greece Wednesday....

704. Deal on FYROM name is receding, says government official

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deal-on-fyrom-name-is-receding-says-government-official

The likelihood of a deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the latter's name moved further away as the neighboring country is “not ready” to respond to the proposals discussed between the foreign ministers of the two countries in Brussels, a Greek government official said on Friday....

705. Berlin urges Athens, Skopje to take advantage of «historic opportunity»

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/berlin-urges-athens-skopje-to-take-advantage-of-historic-opportunity

The German government on Monday encouraged Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to solve all the remaining issues standing in the way of an agreement to settle a decades-old dispute regarding the latter’s name....

706. Funeral for nine Syrian refugees held in north

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/funeral-for-nine-syrian-refugees-held-in-north

The funeral of nine Syrian refuges, whose bodies washed up on the northern shores of the island, was held in Lefka on Saturday, with their relatives living in the south crossing the checkpoints to pay their final respects...

707. Scientists raise alarm over Turkish nuclear reactors

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scientists-raise-alarm-over-turkish-nuclear-reactors

A team of Greek scientists have called on the government, the European Union, the International Atomic Energy Agency, NATO and other international organizations to take measures that will halt the creation of nuclear power facilities in the seismically active region of Akkuyu in neighboring Turkey....

708. Turkish fighter jets harass Tsipras's helicopter

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-fighter-jets-harass-tsipras-s-helicopter

Two Turkish fighter aircraft reportedly harassed the Chinook helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Greek Armed Forces Chief Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as they were flying from the islet of Ro to Rhodes on Tuesday afternoon....

709. Over 250 killed in plane crash

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/algerian-military-plane-with-more-than-100-on-board-crashes

More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, officials said....

710. Tsipras looking to rein in hawkish defence minister

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-looking-to-rein-in-hawkish-defence-minister

According to a senior official, the incendiary rhetoric “is not needed” at a time when Greece is trying to de-escalate tension with Turkey...

711. FYROM and its irredentist claims

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/fyrom-and-its-irredentist-claims

Greece has never recognized an ethnic minority and the present government will be no exception...

712. President Erdogan’s exasperation

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/president-erdogan-s-exasperation

His aim, in this case, is to exert pressure on the Greek government for the extradition of the eight...

713. On the European Path

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/on-the-european-path

Turkey might push things to the extremes because it has entered a phase of instability...

714. Cypriot firm signs $4.2 billion Zimbabwe platinum deal

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cypriot-investor-signs-$4-2-billion-zimbabwe-platinum-deal

It is the largest investment structure in the country’s mining industry in Zimbabwe...

715. The thin white line

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/the-thin-white-line

PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis’s armed intervention on the playing field makes him the personification of our inability to respect limits...

716. Anti-foreclosure protesters scuffle with police in Athens

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anti-foreclosure-protesters-scuffle-with-police-in-athens

Protesters opposing property auctions outside the office of a notary in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki on Wednesday clashed with police trying to move them along....

717. Sixth Texas parcel bomb leaves US investigators baffled

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sixth-texas-parcel-bomb-leaves-us-investigators-baffled

Officials have appealed to the bomber to reveal the motives for the attacks...

718. Christodoulides calls for practical EU solidarity for the rights of Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-calls-for-practical-eu-solidarity-for-the-rights-of-cyprus

Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Christodoulides called on his EU counterparts for the practical and unambiguous EU solidarity to defend the sovereign rights of Cyprus, an EU Member - State, the interests and policies of the Union as well as international rule of law....

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