The EU announced plans Thursday to distribute debit cards to refugees in Turkey to help them meet basic needs as part of a multi-billion euro aid deal with Ankara to curb migrant flows to Europe.
The debate on the reintroduction of the death penalty in Turkey may serve only internal purposes, Alternate Foreign Minister Nikos Xydakis said in an interview with Praktorio 104.9 FM on Tuesday.
The tense situation over the respect of air and sea space over the Aegean, along with the increasing Turkish violations thereof, were the main focus at a special conference organized by the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) at New York University in Manhattan.