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As the 200th anniversary of the Parthenon marbles "captivity" in the British Museum approaches, Greece is looking to international justice for their repatriation. Greece's Ministry of Culture is resorting to the United Nations and international courts in order to bring...

The European Commission decided to allocate 700 million euros in financial aid for addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by dozens of thousands of migrants stranded in Greece. The EC proposal will switch 300 million euros this year from its 155-billion-...

The Greek government is considering a recourse to the United Nations Security Council in order to tackle the refugee crisis, after supporting statements by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. After Balkan states and Austria have shut their borders, more than 22,000...

The Republic of Cyprus has protested to the UN Secretary General the systematic violations of its national airspace and territorial waters by Turkey, in two letters dated January 21st and February 5th, 2016 which circulated today as official documents...

The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum to Athens, a little after Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas stated that Greece will withdraw from the legal claim...

Greece agreed to accommodate 50,000 asylum seekers but not in a single refugee camp as originally proposed by the European Union, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said. The decision was taken after an emergency mini-summit on the migrant crisis in Brussels on...

Greece will continue to participate constructively in the work of the UN and particularly in the processes for further democratization upgrading its role with a view to strengthen its ability to respect the international law and to pursue the...

As number of refugee and migrant arrivals to Greece hits half a million, UNHCR warns of continued chaos unless reception in Greece strengthened and relocation expedited In Greece, the number of sea arrivals this year has now passed the half-million...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the second time in five days in the context of the United Nations General Assembly annual General Debate. Similar to his speech this past Sunday, Tsipras spoke on...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in New York, as both statesmen are representing their nations in this year's United Nations General Assembly annual General Debate. Among the topics of the two...