The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) College Student Foreign Policy Trip to Greece and Cyprus begins its seventh year as students from across the United States gathered for briefings in Washington before departing for Cyprus on June 19, 2015. The two-week program concludes July 3, 2015, when the students return from Athens.

National Defence Minister Panos Kammenos urged all Greeks on Sunday to unite in the Greek government’s current struggle to achieve a deal, regardless of political convictions, during a visit to the town of Souli in Western Greece. 

Greek and European authorities on Tuesday announced that a migrant-trafficking ring bringing mainly Syrian irregular migrants to Greece via Turkey had been uncovered with the assistance and support of Europol, leading to 16 arrests.