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Video: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Arrives in New York for the 71st UNGA
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives in New York for the opening of the 71st United Nations General Assembly with the refugee crisis high on the agenda.
Cyprus
Cyprus President N. Anastasiades to Visit New York for 71st Session of UN General Assembly
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades is visiting New York from September 17-25, leading the Cypriot delegation during the high-level week of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly. The President will be accompanied by the First Lady, Andri Anastasiades, and Government Spokesman...
Cyprus
Greek and Turkish Cypriot Sides to Decide on Common Issues
The two sides in Cyprus will decide when and how to address such issues as the time zone, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) spokesman Aleem Siddique has told CNA, following a decision taken in Cyprus' Turkish occupied areas...
Cyprus
No Foreign Troops Could Remain in Cyprus for Successful Solution of Cyprus Problem, Gov't Official Says
Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides has reiterated that no solution of the Cyprus problem could include the presence of foreign troops.
He made the statement to CNA in response to a report by Turkish Millet daily paper on a proposal by US official Victoria Nuland. The proposal by...
Cyprus
Anastasiades: UN has Shown a 'Positive shift' in Attitude on Missing Persons in Cyrpus Issue
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has stated that the UN “have for years shown a non-constructive attitude with regards to the issue on missing persons.”
Anastasiades noted that there has been “a positive shift in the stance of the UN with...
Cyprus
Cypriot Overseas Organizations in the UK Urges for Swift and Peaceful Re-unification of Cyprus
A joint declaration by three Cypriot overseas organizations in the UK urges the leaderships of the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot communities in the island to work for a quick solution to the long-standing Cyprus problem.
The Enfield Cypriots Association, the...
Greece
Ban Ki-moon Meets with PM Tsipras, President Pavlopoulos, Calls for Solidarity in Tackling the Refugee Crisis in Greece
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Greece with a message of solidarity.
Reuters reported that after a meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday, Ban Ki-moon told the press that "Greece should not be left alone to address this challenge on its own."
Tsipras offered...
Greece
UN's Ban Ki-moon to Visit Athens and Lesvos
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be in Athens on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas.
The focus of his trip to Greece is to discuss the refugee...
Greece
UN Agency: 35% Increase in Migrant Drownings in 2016
The U.N. Refugee Agency has said that more than 2,510 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean while attempting to cross into Europe so far this year, compared to 1,855 in the first five months in 2015. In the past...
Economy
UN: Refugee Children Should Not Be Detained in Greek Prison Cells
Francois Crepeau, special UN rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, urged Greece on Monday to stop detaining refugee and migrant children in police cells. Following a fact-finding mission to the country from May 12 to 16, Crepeau called...