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US President Donald Trump attended a meeting of the Three Seas Initiative - led by Poland and Croatia - in Warsaw on Thursday, showing American support for a scheme that is mainly designed to limit Russia's economic and political influence in Central and Eastern Europe.

The American president will use the constantly increasing deliveries of American natural gas as negotiation tool at a meeting in Warsaw with dozen of leaders of countries dependent on Russia for energy.

European NATO allies and Canada will increase defence spending this year by 4.3 percent, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday, amid pressure from President Donald Trump to spend more.

According to the ELSTAT, 35,6% of the Greece’s population or 3.789.300 people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion last year, showing a slight decrease compared to the previous year (3.828.500 people, representing 35,7% of the population).

The UN's Population Division has released projections that say several Balkans states can expect worrying declines in their populations over the next few decades.

After defeating Russia (62-58), one of the tournament’s favourites, in the quarter finals of the 2017 Women Eurobasket, the Greek national basketball team will attempt to clinch a spot in the semi-finals today against Turkey at 4pm (Greek time). It is the second time the women national team secured a berth in the best 4 teams in Europe after 2009.

In its latest Global Competitiveness Report for 2016-2017 which World Economic Forum releases every other year, Bulgaria has climbed four notches up to 50th position, quoted by BNR.

The Canadian Embassy in Athens on Wednesday expressed its support for this year's Athens Pride, which is scheduled to take place in Syntagma Square on Saturday.

President Rumen Radev will participate in the NATO summit today in Brussels. During today`s meeting presidents of both the USA and France - Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron - are about to join in for the first time.

A research published in the journal eLife lists the tallest people by country. The research revealed that over the past 100 years humans have become taller to their ancestors thanks to better nutrition and health, but the amount of height gain varies from country to country. Authors found that people from central and southern Europe, as well as East Asia, grew taller in the last 100 years.