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Greek President Asks for EU Summit on Refugees and Migration

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos stressed on Wednesday the need for an EU Summit for the migration issue during his meeting with "To Potami" leader Stavros Theodorakis. "It is strange that Europe and the UN have not yet taken decisions on...

UN Special Envoy: This Opportunity to Unite Cyprus May Be the Best One We Have

Now there is a moment of opportunity, a window of opportunity that has to be used not only to get to any deal but get to a good deal, and this opportunity may be the best one we have,...

EU to Use Drones, Submarines to Combat Migrant Smugglers

The European Union will use submarines, warships, drones and helicopters in an operation to gather intelligence on gangs who smuggle thousands of asylum-seekers to Europe from Libya, officials said on Monday. EU foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Luxembourg...

Cyprus Problem Very Well Reflected in EP's Resolution on 2014 Progress Report on Turkey Says Piri

The members of the European Parliament approved on Wednesday a resolution on the progress of reform in Turkey in 2014 that called on Turkey to begin to withdraw its troops from Cyprus. The report did not make any reference to...

US official: There is a Critical Window of Opportunity for a Cyprus Settlement

US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Amanda Sloat expressed the belief that today there is a critical window of opportunity to resolve the Cyprus problem that has persisted for far too long. “With the...

US and Russia Hail Resumption of Cyprus Negotiations

The United States has hailed the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem, reaffirming its readiness to help the process. A US State Department official, responding to a question, said the US welcomed the start of talks between the Greek-Cypriot...

UN Official in Greece to Evaluate Racism Levels

The United Nations has sent its Special Rapporteur Mutuma Ruteere to Greece to evaluate the level of racism and discrimination that exists in the country. Ruteere will stay in Greece from Monday May 4 to Friday May 8, in order...

Greek Foreign Minister Kotzias to Visit the United States Next Week

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to depart for Washington on Sunday, where he will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday. The Greek Minister is scheduled to stay in Washington until next Thursday and have...

Eide: Good and Forward-looking Meetings With Negotiators

UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has said that he had good and forward-looking meetings on Wednesday with the negotiators of the two sides in Cyprus, Greek Cypriot Andreas Mavroyiannis and Turkish Cypriot Olgun Ergun. “Good,...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Congratulates Kuwait Amir on UN Honoring

His Eminence Patriarch John X Yazigi of the Antioch Greek Orthodox Patriarchate congratulated His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for being named "Humanitarian Leader" by the UN, as well as for the fact that Kuwait was...