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SYRIZA on gov't budget for 2020: 'Giving much to the few, little to the many'
The government of New Democracy (ND) "gives much to the few and little to the many," SYRIZA party said after the tabling of the draft budget for 2020 in Parliament on Thursday.
Senator Menendez calls for recalibrating U.S.-Turkey relationship, announces new effort to hold Turkey accountable for human rights abuses in Syria (vid)
Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate Floor making the case for a recalibration of the U.S.-Turkey relationship based on its aggressive behavior in the region and the dramatic backsliding of democracy under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Greek national holiday celebrated in Damascus, Syria
In Damascus, Syrians and expat Greeks celebrated the “OXI Day” Greek national holiday. In more detail, with the blessing and presence of His Beatitude Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Ioannis, the Greek Community in Damascus celebrated the National Greece’s entry into WW II, which coincides with this year’s 100th anniversary since the founding of the Greek expat Community.