The Onassis Foundation delivered to the Municipality of Athens the sculpture depicting Constantine Cavafy, a work by sculptor Praxiteles Tzanoulino, on the anniversary of both his birth and death.

The Hellenic Initiative (THI) has announced the appointment of George M. Kailis, former founder and Managing Director of the Kailis Bros Trading Division, to its Board of Directors, reinforcing the organization’s international leadership network within the Greek diaspora.

At a UN Security Council meeting on maritime security organized by Bahrain, Greece responded to remarks by Turkey’s Permanent Representative, Ahmet Yıldız, who referred to the “Turkish Straits.”

Greece has moved to halt new construction on the island of Milos through emergency legislation submitted to parliament, as the government seeks to rein in unregulated development across the Cyclades before irreversible damage is done to some of the Aegean's most distinctive landscapes.