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Greek-born Charles Marinakis, who hails from Ano Kourouni in Evia, spoke to newmoney about his life, current trends, and future challenges.

During a discussion on unresolved conflicts in the Eastern Partnership at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (a.k.a. Gymnich meeting) held in Lisbon, Bulgarian caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev said, quoted by his Ministry, that stability and security in the area of the Eastern Partnership are priorities for the Bulgarian government.

On Monday in Brussels, President Rumen Radev met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, said President Radev's Press Office.

According to the website worldometers, so far 98.010.507 people have been infected with coronavirus in the world, 70.402.587 are considered cured, and 2.097.279 people have died as a result of this infection.
Currently, 25.510.641 cases are active, but only 111.745 of them, or 0.4 percent, are in a serious or critical condition.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday thanked the Portuguese government and coast guard for their contribution in guarding Greece and Europe's eastern sea border in the Aegean.

The mayor of the Greek capital, Giorgos Kaminis, has bestowed the City of Athens Democracy Award on the former president of Mozambique, Joaquim Alberto Chissano, for his fundamental role in ending the civil war in his country and establishing democracy.

At least 62 people have been killed in a number of forest fires in central Portugal, as temperatures pass 40C.

The Portuguese government said many of the victims died in their cars as flames swept over a road.

Greek government has a deadline till December 11 to implement the prior actions in order to receive the 1 billion euros sub-tranche, a top EU official says.

A former Serb army commander serving a 20-year sentence for his role in the massacre of Croats during the Balkans wars has died in Lisbon at the age of 68, the Portuguese government said on Aug. 18.

Lucy Meakin & Neal Armstrong

Portuguese government bonds advanced for a second day as investor concern diminished that missed payments by a Portuguese bank holding company would fuel a new banking crisis in the euro area’s most indebted nations.