In a modest event that took place during a dinner at the Hilton Hotel in New York, former US Secretary of State and former CIA Director Michael Pompeo was honored with the Athenagoras Award for human rights, which is awarded to personalities of international prestige.
The initiative aims to ensure greater stability in military cooperation between the United States and Cyprus, without requiring annual renewal of the relevant exemption from the embargo
On Tuesday evening, the great singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos passed away at the age of 81. In recent days, following a deterioration of his condition, he had been hospitalized while battling cancer since 2021.
The general government gross debt-to-GDP ratio in the euro area stood at 88.2% at the end of the second quarter of 2025, up from 87.7% at the end of the first quarter of 2025. In the EU, the ratio also increased from 81.5% to 81.9%.