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13th Thessaloniki Int'l Student Model United Nations 2014 Underway

  More than 400 students from universities in Greece and abroad will be taking place in the 13th International Model United Nation conference entitled ThessISMUN (Thessaloniki International Student Model United Nations). This year’s ThessISMUN conference will be held from April 23-27 at...

Model United Nations Conference in Thessaloniki

450 students from 32 public and private Greek, Turkish and Italian schools, are participating in the 12th Model United Nations (MUN) which started on Thursday, March 13, in Thessaloniki, Greece, organized by the Aristotelio College. The three-day conference (March 13-15) is...

Greece, Italy Maritime Deal "Model of Cooperation" in the Mediterranean

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday hailed an agreement on maritime boundaries signed between Greece and Italy on Tuesday as “a model of cooperation and good neighborly relations.” Speaking in Parliament, he added that “(The agreement) describes the extent...

Cypriot Student Wins Model UN Debate Competition

Julianna Georgallidou, a sophomore law student from the University of Cyprus, has won the “Debate Champion” award of the Model United Nations (MUN) contest held in Rome from 13 to 17 of March, 2014. According to sources, the Cypriot student emerged as the...

Piraeus Bank at the Forefront of UN's Responsible Banking Initiative

One year since Piraeus Bank joined a coalition of hundreds of banks worldwide for sustainable development, CEO Christos Megalou highlighted on Tuesday the Bank's contribution during a virtual panel organized by United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Piraeus...

Official UNESCO Statement on Reconversion of Hagia Sophia into Mosque

  UNESCO, the United Nations body tasked with the identification and preservation of sites with the greatest significance to the world's priceless common heritage, issued a statement on Friday regarding Turkish President Erdogan's official decree turning Hagia Sophia, the greatest...

UN Warns One Third of Greece Threatened by Desertification

June 17 is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, according to a United Nations initiative. This year the organization is sending our new warnings concerning the dangers of desertification across the world, especially in the Mediterranean countries. According to...

Beautiful Ghost Town in Greece to Get New Life (video)

The story of the people of Vamvakou, a village in the Lakonia region in the Peloponnese, is truly fascinating by any measure. But the story of the village's revival may be an even greater one, as local people are...

Greece Finds Itself the Odd Man Out on Venezuela

The Greek government refused to follow the lead of all major European countries, and most of the Western world, on Monday in declining to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela. Germany, France, the UK, Spain and...