Former New York State Senator, Mike Giannaris, is one possible replacement for Eric Schneiderman for the post of New York Attorney General. Schneiderman  resigned after the disclosure of charges against him for physical abuse of four women he had relationships with.

More than 12 million euros in EU funds have been allocated to island communities in the North Aegean for the upgrade of important tourism works, with many more subsidies planned for the upcoming period to go towards infrastructure, road, waste management and port facility projects among others, said Alternate Economy Minister Alexis Charitsis during the 14th Regional Conference on Production and Reconstruction in the North Aegean.

A meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got underway in Nicosia on Tuesday morning, with Tsipras posting a tweet of their meeting on his Twitter account.

Twenty one members of a ring involved in the illicit trafficking of expensive anticancer drugs are facing heavy charges.