Greek-American Rhode Island Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis wrote the following letter to Congressman David N. Cicilline, regarding support of House Resolution 477.  Congressman Cicilline proudly serves the 1st District of Rhode Island.

In his speech at the 68th General Assembly of the UN, government vice president and foreign minister, Evangelos Venizelos, highlighted a number of issues including illegal migration, the concern of Greece for peace and stability in the Middle East, relations with FYROM and Turkey, and the Cyprus issue.

EU commissioner for enlargement, Štefan Füle will be meeting today with UN mediator for the FYROM name issue, Matthew Nimetz, in New York, as Petar Stanor, spokesperson for Mr. Fule told Skopje media.