Greece has joined 16 other European nations in calling for a revision of EU laws to facilitate the return of irregular migrants.

The European Commission has given the “green light” for 150 million euros of state aid for Greece’s first CCS Project, “Prinos CO2″, located in the Gulf of Kavala, northeastern Greece, by Energean, after negotiations between Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy and the commission concluded positively. This marks Greece’s first CO2 geological storage project venture.

International conflicts, migration, the repercussions of climate change and the Parthenon Marbles were among the topics covered during Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' interview on CNN with journalist Christiane Amanpour. The interview was given in New York, where Mitsotakis was attending the 79th UN General Assembly and released on Tuesday.