Cyprus

The midterm elections in the United States on Tuesday were a good day for Hellenism in America. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, widely seen as an ally of Greece and Cyprus for over two decades, was re-elected to a third term, while the number of Americans of Greek descent in the House of Representatives also increased.

The European Commission expects to see a political solution to the issue of the power interconnection of Crete with Attica next week.

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the largest Greek-American organization in the United States, has received a $100,000 donation from E. John and Cleo Rumpakis of Portland, Oregon, Supreme President George E. Loucas has announced.

Something significant appears to be taking shape in Greek-US relations as Ankara ramps up tensions over oil and gas rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. 

The US State Department has hailed the Statement of Intent to strengthen and develop the bilateral security relationship between Washington and Nicosia, signed on Tuesday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Cyprus Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides.

Conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in Helsinki on Wednesday for the congress of the European People's Party (EEP) which will on Thursday elect its candidate to lead the European Commission.

Greece's main opposition leader will have a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the congress.

Cyprus and the United States have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the area of security, according to a statement by the Cyprus Foreign Ministry, which said that the two sides have signed a Statement of Intent on security issues.

The agreement refers to issues relating to combatting terrorism, strengthening security at sea and borders and promoting regional stability.

Cyprus and the United States have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the area of security, according to a statement by the Cyprus Foreign Ministry, which said that the two sides have signed a Statement of Intent on security issues.

The agreement refers to issues relating to combatting terrorism, strengthening security at sea and borders and promoting regional stability.

Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, widely seen as a staunch ally of Greece and Cyprus for over two decades, was reelected to a third term in US midterm elections Tuesday, defeating Republican Bob Hugin, an ex-pharmaceutical executive.

The president of Cyprus took to the airwaves on Tuesday to defend his proposal for a more decentralized federal government he contended would function better if a reunification deal is reached with the ethnically divided nation's breakaway Turkish Cypriots.