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Greece in Diplomatic Drive to Win UN Security Council Seat

Greece is intensifying its efforts to win a seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2025-2026 term. To this effect, Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis is visiting New York on Monday and Tuesday, the Ministry...

UN Urges UK to Halt Extradition of Julian Assange to the US

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, urged the UK on Tuesday to halt the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the US. Edwards urged authorities to heed his appeal as he highlighted Assange's fragile mental state and...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...