General Assembly

A funeral will be held this weekend for former Democratic US Representative Nick Galifianakis, who represented central North Carolina for several years before two unsuccessful Senate bids - the first against archconservative Jesse Helms.

"This war is an attack not only on Ukraine, but on the international rules-based order that seeks to defend international peace and stability, and uphold, in the words of the United Nations Charter, "the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small", Blinken pointed out at a virtual panel session on "A Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine", ahead of tomorrow's opening of the second

In a show of support for students in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ioannina in northwestern Greece, the department's professors submitted their resignations en masse to the rector, because of the non-granting of professional rights to faculty graduates.

Discussions on the proposal to establish a Disaster Reconstruction Fund were held at the General Assembly of the Parliament and the proposal was enacted into law.

BELGRADE - Serbia was born out of struggle and we are all descendants of war veterans and today, in a time when everyone is increasingly insistent on differences, Serbia is clearly military neutral and invests more in promotion of dialogue, peace and stability, Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Veteran and Social Affairs Nikola Selakovic said before a World Veterans Federation (WVF) Ge

LYON/BELGRADE - The so-called Kosovo's Interpol membership bid has been taken off the agenda of the organisation's General Assembly, Tanjug learns.

The request had been included in the Interpol Executive Committee's first draft agenda for a General Assembly session in Vienna, but was subsequently omitted from the final version.

Greece has already secured the written commitment of 113 states to vote in favor of its candidacy for election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2025-26, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said.

A parliamentary commission has approved a constitutional amendment package tabled by the ruling alliance that stipulates lifting restrictions against women wearing headscarf in public and private spaces, and strengthening the family structure.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have agreed to start the parliamentary discussions on the constitutional amendment package next week.

Following the Turkish delegations' call to solve visa-related problems, especially faced by Turks, the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved a resolution envisaging reform in the Schengen Information System (SIS).