Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias met in Brussels, on the margins of today’s meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, with the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Lebanon, Ioannis Kasoulides and Gebran Bassil, respectively.
This first such trilateral meeting was dominated by issues of regional and international interest, while special emphasis was put on the refugee crisis, terrorism and the peace process in the wider Middle East.
The talks looked at the prospects for building trilateral cooperation in the economic and trade sectors, as well as in the sectors of energy, security and culture.
Finally, it was agreed for Messrs. Kotzias and Kasoulides to carry out a joint visit to Lebanon in the near future.
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Foreign Minister Kotzias has trilateral meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Lebanon, Ioannis Kasoulides and Gebran Bassil
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Religious Leaders Make Joint Appeal for Information on Missing Persons
Cyprus’ religious leaders have made a joint appeal to Cypriots of all creeds to provide information to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on possible burial sites.On Monday, “Archbishop Chrysostomos II of the Church of Cyprus, Dr Talip Atalay,Mufti of Cyprus, Archbishop Soueif of the Maronite Church of Cyprus, also representing the Latin Patriarchal Vicar and Representative of the Apostolic Nunciature in Cyprus, and the representative of Archbishop Nareg of the Armenian Orthodox Church of Cyprus visited the CMP laboratory accompanied by Ambassador Klas Gierow of Sweden and met with the CMP Members and scientists,” an UNFICYP press release said.
It is added that “the visit was organized within the framework of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process under the Auspices of the Embassy of Sweden.
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14,000 Discarded Refugee Lifejackets Traveling to Berlin for Art Project
About 14,000 lifejackets used and discarded by refugees and migrants after their arrival on the coast of Lesvos travelled to Berlin on Tuesday so that they can be used by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei for a new art project.The decision to give away the used lifejackets — bought by refugees in Turkey and most of them flimsy — was taken by the island’s mayor, Spyros Galinos, who told ANA-MPA that the aim is to create a work that “will affect and mobilize the entire international community regarding the crime that takes place every day in the Aegean by unscrupulous traffickers.”
He also said the island will have the “distinctive honor” of having a monument created by Weiwei in Lesvos, which will be dedicated to the refugees making the perilous journey towards Europe.
Municipal authorities have gathered hundreds of thousands of lifejackets during the past year from various landing areas around Lesvos.
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Designs for new kiosks chosen
The Greek capital may see a new generation of kiosks after the City of Athens handed out awards Tuesday for three designs to replace the old street stands.The municipality has removed 214 defunct kiosks from the city’s sidewalks since 2012. It recently held a competition for architects to come up with a new design for the structures.
“The image of illegal extensions around today’s kiosks has to come to an end,” said Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis.
“Athens needs a new, pioneering, functional and good-looking kiosk to improve the urban landscape and the capital’s image,” he added.
The winning designs are expected to form the basis for any new kiosks erected in Athens. They are on display at the Technopolis cultural complex.
