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Mitsotakis to set the tone of new government in first cabinet meeting

Newly-elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will present his ministers with specific targets they will need to meet and a code of conduct that will include a ban on hiring relatives and holding a side-job at the first cabinet meeting of the new government on Wednesday.
Mitsotakis' address to the cabinet, which is scheduled for 11 a.m., will be televised live.

Austria's Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache Investigated For Ibiza Meeting Video

Austria's Supreme Prosecution Office has begun to investigate the secrecy funding of the ruling coalition of the Austrian Party of Freedom (APS) from abroad in exchange for access to state treaties. This was reported by the Secretary General of the Constitutional Affairs Ministry, Christian Pilnacek, for the Curie newspaper.

Government backs down on plan on clergy’s salaries

The government has released its revised plan on the implementation on the church-state agreement agreed to by PM Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, following a meeting between Education, Research, and Religious Affairs Minister Kostas Gavroglu and the church's committee on dialogue with the state.

Ivaylo Ivanov Nominated for Bulgarian Interior Ministry Secretary General

The head of Sofia Directorate of Interior, Ivaylo Ivanov, has been nominated for Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Minister Mladen Marinov said at a briefing in the Council of Ministers, Focus News Agency reports.

His nomination has been submitted to the Council of Ministers, it will then be submitted to the President for an appointment decree.

Austria to support Pristina's Interpol membership bid

The Austrian chancellor spoke in Belgrade on Monday with Serbia's president and prime minister, and today he told the Austrian APA agency that his country supports Kosovo's efforts to be admitted to Interpol (which Serbia strongly opposes).

Kurz claims that his coalition partner, the Freedom Party, has changed its stance on the issue.

Reshuffle in Turkish cabinet

I'm curious what will happen if certain cabinet ministers are changed this week. Let us assume that the foreign minister is changed. Will Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's replacement, who will still be from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), make substantial changes to Turkey's foreign policy? 

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