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Greek American John Podesta Appointed US Climate Envoy

Greek American John Podesta has been appointed by the Biden administration as the new US special climate envoy after John Kerry steps down this spring. Podesta is a longtime Democratic strategist, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid, and...

Greece, Egypt Discuss Clean Energy Pipeline to Europe

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the prime minister of Greece, participated in the critical discussions on climate change at the UN COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday. Mitsotakis also took part in the high-level presentation, "Coordinating Climate Change Actions in...

Climate Change Dominates US Envoy John Kerry’s Visit to Greece

The challenges posed by climate change and ways to strengthen cooperation between Greece and the United States in dealing with the climate crisis and achieving the goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050 were the main focus of the...

US Climate Envoy John Kerry Addresses ‘Our Ocean’ Conference in Greece

On Monday, Special Presidential Envoy for the Climate John Kerry congratulated Greece for taking the responsibility to host the "Our Ocean Conference" in 2024. "Greece does what it usually does: it leads an effort to make a difference for the...

Kerry Praises Greece’s Efforts Against Climate Change

U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry welcomed Greece's climate initiatives, and its commitment to speed up the transition from carbon

John Kerry Awarded Lord Byron Prize for Philhellenism in Greece

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed former US Secretary of State John Kerry at the 2021 Lord Byron Award Ceremony. 

U.S. Secretary Kerry Says Reunification Is in Sight on Cyprus' Independence Day

A reunified Cyprus is finally within reach, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noted in a statement on the occasion of Independence Day in Cyprus. “On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Cyprus...

EU Looking for Answers to Crisis Along Migrant Route

A day after FYROM police fired tear gas to push back refugees trying to cross the border from Greece, European Council Donald Tusk embarks on a four-nation trip to work out how to handle the continent's migrant crisis. Tusk begins...

US Plans World Summit on Refugee Crisis

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on the world's nations Friday to redouble their efforts to solve the crisis posed by unprecedented numbers of war refugees, help victims of other global crises and combat the rising threat of...

IOM: One Million Migrants to Reach Europe by Yearend

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe by sea and land this year is expected to top the 1 million mark next week. The Geneva-based agency said in a statement Friday,...