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Revelations by the vice-President of the parliamentary committee on media and political financing, and ANEL MP Dimitris Kammenos that “an invisible hand” had tampered with the committee’s finding to present newspaper “Proto Thema” in a bad light, has caused a political storm, with

Major opposition party New Democracy (ND) leads ruling SYRIZA by a 9-point margin the most recent poll. According to the poll, 26.8% of the respondents supported New Democracy, compared to 17.8% who said they would vote for SYRIZA. The survey was conducted by ALCO and published in newspaper “Parapolitika”.

New Democracy on Monday reacted to comments made by Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas earlier in the day in which he accused the conservative opposition of serving the interests of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

A statement by ND on Monday accused Pappas, a key aide of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, of engaging in "Goebbelsian propaganda."

The Greek government dispelled any rumours of early elections in a non-paper it issued on Monday. The announcement underlines that the government will continue to “defend the interests of society” and “does not intend to hand over the country to the whims of the willing”.

Eight in ten Greek citizens evaluate the performance of the SYRZA-ANEL government as negative in the latest poll conducted by Marc polling company.

Opposition party New Democracy (ND) leads ruling SYRIZA party by over 10 percentage points, according to the most recent opinion poll conducted by Pulse and aired on Tv station Action24. 31.5% of the respondents said they intended to vote for ND as opposed to 20.5% who responded they would support SYRIZA, while 38% preferred early elections.

The gap between the political parties of New Democracy and Syriza is widening according to an opinion poll conducted by the University of Macedonia on behalf of Skai TV.

In the new survey, the opposition party is leading the governing party by 16 points, with 32% to 16% respectively.

Tension flared anew on the Dakota Access pipeline as protesters tried to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway, only to be turned back by a line of law enforcement using water cannon and what appeared to be tear gas, The Associated Press reported.

The residents of California approved on Tuesday the legal use by adults of marijuana for personal pleasure.

Thus, the most populous state will be open to the prosperous market for commercial cannabis.

At 90% of processed ballots, 56% have voted "yes".

A ballot measure to make recreational marijuana legal for adults was approved in more states, including California, opening the most populous U.S. state to a burgeoning commercial cannabis market in a major victory for supporters of liberalized drug laws.