11.00 News in brief
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is to meet with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Geneva at 4 pm with talks expected to focus on developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and hopes for the relaunch of efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem.
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey is ready to provide Tripoli any military support it needs after Ankara and Libya’s internationally recognized government signed a security deal.
Khalifa Haftar, who leads forces in eastern Libya, “is not a legitimate leader” Erdogan said after meeting in Istanbul with Fayez al-Sarraj, prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord.
The embassy of Libya in Egypt is closed since yesterday for precautionary reasons.
Greece will not accept any violation of its sovereign rights, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview published Sunday by Bild newspaper.
Mitsotakis also pointed out in the interview that it’s Turkey who is violating the Law of the Sea, not Greece. He was commenting on the Turkey-Libya memorandum of understanding – which has been widely condemned by the EU, US and the Libyan parliament among others – and he reiterated that it is «illegal and invalid».
The Parliament Plenary continues today the discussion on the state budget for the year 2020.
On Wednesday the discussion is expected to be completed with its voting.
Retail stores on a holiday schedule. They will be open today until 6pm, while as of tomorrow they will be open daily from 9am to 9pm. They will also be open following two Sundays of the year.
243 migrants and refugees entered our country in the last 24hours. 86 were rescued from the sea area of Alexandroupolis and Lesvos, and another 157 reached the coasts of eastern Aegean islands.
Four cars were destroyed and three more seriously damaged last night at the junction of Agisilaou Papadima and Dimocharous street in the area of Kolonaki.
A self-made bomb also exploded last night outside a buiding hosting businesses, on Vasileos Alexandrou street in the area of Peristeri. The explosion caused damages to the entrance of the building and a parked car.
In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address his new intake of Conservative MPs later as they arrive in Westminster to take their seats in Parliament.
Their first job will be to vote on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill that the PM intends to bring back before Christmas.
Mr Johnson is also expected to carry out a mini cabinet reshuffle.
Protests over a controversial new law on migrants have raged across several Indian cities, prompting police to clash with demonstrators.
The new law entitles non-Muslim migrants from three Muslim-majority countries to citizenship if they are facing religious persecution.
Police used tear gas and detained protesters in the capital Delhi as buses were torched and roads blocked.
More than 600 French hospital doctors have threatened to resign if the government does not increase health funding, as striking medics prepare to take to the streets this week across the country.
Αnd the weather forecast…
Sunny in Attica this morning with the temperature expected to reach a high of 18 degrees Celsius.
More news in brief tomorrow morning at 9.
