The US is expected to announce the funding of a master plan for the wider region of the Turkish occupied town of Famagusta, during next week's visit to Cyprus by Vice President Joe Biden. Biden is due on the island between 21-23 May.

Today, President Obama observed the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Greek American businessman Giorgos Tsounis is not a career diplomat, but he is the USA's next ambassador to Oslo, Norway.