Italy has stepped up to bat for Cyprus, with Italian defense minister Mario Mauro stating that provocations in the region should stop, noting also that the best route is that of dialogue and a constructive approach.

Violence, poverty, and human rights are subjects of an artistic debate among students of the School of Fine Arts participating in the exhibition entitled “Art for Amnesty.”

Just a few weeks before the holiday season, the relative departments of the Health Ministry, will be running checks on restaurants, nightclubs and cafeterias. The long forgotten EU directive for banning smoking, that is in effect since 2011, has been re-introduced.

If main opposition SYRIZA wins the europarliament elections, then the government will no longer have a mandate to run the country and national elections will follow, was the gist of an interview main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras gave to the Financial Times, Reuters, and the BBC.