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Environment
UN Warns of ‘Imminent’ Global Water Crisis
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned of an impending worldwide water catastrophe in a recent study. According to the findings of the research, nearly two billion people, which constitutes approximately 26% of the total population...
Environment
Climate Change: Time Running Out for Earth, UN Report Warns
A UN report on climate change warned on Monday that the chance to secure a livable future for everyone on Earth is slipping away.
That was the dire message from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which...
Diplomacy
Turkey to Support Greece in Bid for UN Security Council
Turkey will support Greece's bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday in Brussels.
At a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, Cavusoglu confirmed that in return Greece will...
Cyprus
Newly Elected President of Cyprus Visits Greece
The newly elected President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides made his first official visit abroad to Greece on Monday where he met President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and PM Kyirakos Mitsotakis.
Christodoulides and Mitsotakis announced the creation of a new body, the Supreme...
World
UN Appeals for $1 Billion to Help Earthquake Survivors in Turkey
The UN launched an appeal for $1 billion to help the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey that killed thousands of people and left millions more in desperate need of aid.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement...
Greek News
Campaign Against Human Trafficking Launched in Greece
A campaign against human trafficking launched in Greece on November 25th, which the UN has declared as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
International non-governmental organization A21 joined forces with distinguished screenwriter and director Konstantinos Mousoulis...
Environment
Climate Change: UN Names Glaciers That Will Disappear by 2050
Glaciers around the world, including some of the most famous World Heritage sites, are set to vanish by 2050 due to climate change, according to a new UN report.
"Glaciers in a third of the 50 World Heritage sites are...
Canada
Growing Up Black in Greece: A Diplomat’s Daughter Recalls
Growing up black in Greece? Patricia Kumbakisaka, 31, one of Canada’s most accomplished young black women, has done it. Here she describes her life in Greece.
Cyprus
Greek PM Mitsotakis to the UN: Cypriots Have Lived on a Divided Island for 50 years
In his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, Greek PM Mitsotakis highlighted the division of Cyprus and reminded the international community not to ignore the illegal Turkish attempts to impose a new fait accompli...
Diplomacy
Greece Hits Back at Erdogan’s “Crescendo of Vulgarity” at the UN
Greece hit back at Turkey over what the government spokesperson termed a "crescendo of vulgarity" by Erdogan at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
The statements made by Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the United Nations...