Athens Mayor presents city’s vision for B40 presidency
Athens Mayor presents city’s vision for B40 presidency Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on Tuesday presented the vision of the Athenian presidency of the B40 Balkan Cities Network, wrapping up the proceedings of the B40 meeting held in the Greek capital on January 22-24, ANA reports.Addressing 69 mayors from 73 cities in 10 countries, Bakoyannis unfolded […]
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Bakoyannis Presents Athens’ Vision for the B40 Presidency
Bakoyannis Presents Athens’ Vision for the B40 Presidency January 24, 2023 B40 Balkan Cities Network meeting in Athens with the participation of 66 cities from ten Balkan countries, Monday 23 January 2023. (CITY OF ATHENS/EUROKINISSI) ATHENS – Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis on Tuesday presented the vision of the Athenian presidency of the B40 Balkan […]
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Athens, Istanbul mayors send message of peace
Athens, Istanbul mayors send message of peace The transfer of the presidency of the Balkan Cities Network from Istanbul to Athens on Monday was accompanied by strong political messages by the mayors of both cities, Ekrem Imamoglu and Kostas Bakoyannis, on the need to strengthen democracy, peace and cooperation. Speaking in the shadow cast by […]
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Athens assumes presidency of Balkan Cities Network
Athens assumes presidency of Balkan Cities Network The City of Athens will be taking over the presidency of the B40 Balkan Cities Network, as of Monday, ANA reports. Opening the relevant event at the municipality’s ‘Technopolis’ center in the district of Gazi, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said: “[This is] a remarkable example of urban transformation, […]
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Effigy of Erdogan Hung in Sweden
Effigy of Erdogan Hung in Sweden Turkish President Erdogan. Credit: Turkish Presidency An effigy of Erdogan, hung in Stockholm on Wednesday, has caused diplomatic problems for Sweden. The country, which has bid to join the EU, now faces the possibility of having their application denied if Turkey refuses to grant their approval. The act was […]
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Fourteen candidates join race for Cyprus presidency in February vote
Fourteen candidates join race for Cyprus presidency in February vote Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. […]
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Panicking EU mulls cap on electricity prices
Panicking EU mulls cap on electricity prices The Czech presidency of the European Union has called for an emergency meeting of the bloc’s energy ministers to consider measures of dealing with the energy crisis, including imposing a ceiling on the price of electricity. That such a move is being considered is indicative of the gravity […]
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‘Turkey responds to Greece’s provocations’
‘Turkey responds to Greece’s provocations’ We met the director of communications for the Turkish presidency, Fahrettin Altun, at his home in Istanbul. He welcomed us warmly as we sat down to a long discussion that covered all the key issues in Greek-Turkish relations, as well as Ankara’s plans for the future, but also domestic developments. […]
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The immortality of neutrality
The immortality of neutrality At the end of his presidency, Barack Obama eulogized Elie Wiesel as “one of the great moral voices of our time, and in many ways, the conscience of the world.” One of the most famous sayings of the Holocaust survivor and Noble Peace Prize winner is especially relevant today: “We must […]
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Gustavo Petro Wins Colombia’s Presidency
Gustavo Petro Wins Colombia’s Presidency Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. Credit: Gustavo Petro Urrego/CC BY-NC 2.0 Gustavo Petro, a former mayor of the capital city, Bogotá, as well as an ex-militant, won the Colombian presidential elections, taking more than 50 percent of the vote on Sunday. His opponent, Rodolfo Hernández, a construction magnate who had […]
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Hellenic Presidency donates humanitarian aid to Ukrainian Consul General in Athens
Hellenic Presidency donates humanitarian aid to Ukrainian Consul General in Athens Responding to the appeals of the Ukrainian Embassy in Athens, the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic delivered a significant quantity of humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian Consul General in Athens Hanna Tischenko on Thursday. They include over 900 boxes of evaporated milk, 9,600 baby […]
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Greece echoes French EU presidency initiative in request urgent IMO meeting on maritime safety in Black Sea
Greece echoes French EU presidency initiative in request urgent IMO meeting on maritime safety in Black Sea Greece has requested the urgent convening of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) board to discuss maritime and merchant seamen’s safety in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, due to the situation in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. […]
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EODY – Panagiotis Arkoumaneas resigned
EODY – Panagiotis Arkoumaneas resigned Panagiotis Arkoumaneas submitted his resignation from the presidency of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) today, Saturday. Mr. Arkoumaneas has verbally stated a few days ago his intention to change the page in his professional career, as a result of which he sent his resignation from the presidency of EODY […]
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European Children’s Ombudspersons meet in Athens
European Children’s Ombudspersons meet in Athens Greece will assume the presidency of the European Network of Children’s Ombudspersons (ENOC) following its annual meeting in Athens on Monday and Tuesday. ENOC is a not-for-profit association of independent children’s rights institutions. Its mandate, as described on its website, is to facilitate the promotion and protection of the […]
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Erdogan Stirs Tensions Before Occupied Cyprus Visit
Erdogan Stirs Tensions Before Occupied Cyprus Visit Credit: Turkish Presidency Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stirred tensions on Monday, a week before his trip to Cyprus on July 20, the anniversary of his country’s invasion to the Mediterranean island in 1974. Erdogan described the anniversary as a “celebration of peace and freedom,” and promised to […]
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Greece takes helm of SEECP
Greece takes helm of SEECP Greece took over the Presidency of the South-East European Cooperation Process on Thursday and will remain in the post for one year. The South-East European Cooperation Process was established in 1996 and its first summit was held on Crete on November 4, 1997. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement […]
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European Parliament to Suspend Turkey’s EU Accession Talks
European Parliament to Suspend Turkey’s EU Accession Talks Credit: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Turkey’s accession talks for entry into the European Union have been suspended as relations between Turkey and the bloc are strained. The European Parliament called for Turkey to implement an immediate change of course in terms of the rule of […]
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US Blasts Erdogan for Anti-Semitic Remarks
US Blasts Erdogan for Anti-Semitic Remarks Credit: Turkish Presidency The US condemned Turkish President Erdogan’s comments on Jewish people on Tuesday. “The United States strongly condemns President Erdogan’s recent anti-Semitic comments regarding the Jewish people and finds them reprehensible,” stated US State Department Ned Price. Erdogan Should Refrain from Incendiary Remarks “We urge President Erdogan […]
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