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George Katrougalos message to FYROM: “One name for all uses, change the Constitution”
The two issues that remain for an agreement with FYROM are the erga omnes application of the name decided and a revision of that country’s Constitution, stated Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European Affairs George Katrougalos, talking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency radio station “Praktoreio” on Tuesday.
Greek government expresses “horror” over the deaths in the Gaza strip, calls for de-escalation
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Tuesday opened his briefing to the press by expressing his horror over the “the dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries of demonstrators in the Gaza Strip caused by the Israeli army during the demonstrations against the USA’s decision to transfer their Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Praised at White House as He Puts Knife In U.S.’s Back
By BARRY RUBIN* Consider five factors that had no effect on the very warm reception given by President Barack Obama to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: –While the U.S. government has pressured Erdogan not to visit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Erdogan announced in the White House Rose Garden that he would do so. An […]