The debate on the bill on the prior actions that will give the green light for the disbursement of the 2.8 billion euro loan sub-tranche started on Monday with the rapporteurs of the parties to the relevant committees in parliament.
"The Turkish occupation troops must leave from Cyprus" said Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with the Sunday edition of Kathimerini newspaper, and explained "because, for practical reasons, the troops can't leave in a single day, the largest part of the Turkish army should leave immediately and the withdrawal of the rest of the troops to take place in a specific period and to have a deadline".
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday visited the Greek school Agios Dimitrios in New York's Astoria district and talked to the pupils, urging them to be proud of Greece not just for its past but also for its present.