02 September 2010
EU States have to stop all transfers of asylum seekers back to Greece under the “Dublin II” regulation due to the extremely harsh conditions they face in the state, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner has said. Thomas Hammarberg made the statement yesterday in his first oral intervention as a third party in a case [...]
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02 September 2010
The Greek singer Pantelis Thalassinos and the Turkish singer Umut Albayrak, along with Voula Konstantinou and the band Sol Anahtari, sang for the reunification of Cyprus and for a peaceful solution. The event, organized by the Pancyprian Federation of Labour, the Turkish Union DEV-IS and the bicommunal Peace Initiative “Unified Cyprus”, took place the 1st September, [...]
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02 September 2010
“On the 16th of September 2009, on behalf of the International Congregation of Agia Sophia, I wrote to Prime Minister Erdogan and informed him that on the 17th of September 2010, the day the Orthodox Christian religion celebrates the holy feast day of Sophia, Faith, Hope and Love, a delegation of the International Congregation will [...]
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01 September 2010
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday that it was friendship that won the match between Turkey and Greece in the Group C of the FIBA 2010 World Basketball Championship. “We watched a very friendly match. Of course we are proud of the victory of our team but beyond this, it is friendship that won [...]
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31 August 2010
The 2nd Mediterranean Biennial started in Cologne. It is a cultural event that aims to the intercultural communication between Cologne and its sister cities in the Mediterranean. Two artist participated from Thessaloniki: Yorgos Tsakiris, Professor at the School of Fine Arts in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Katerina Velliou. The presentation of their works took place [...]
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30 August 2010
Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders will resume their negotiations aiming to find a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus controversy on Tuesday. President Dervis Eroglu of The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias would meet again at the buffer zone in Nicosia for the first time in three weeks. The last [...]
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