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Turkey, or rather the breakaway "Turkish Republic of North Cyprus" (TRNC) recognized only by Turkey, has informed the United Nations it will begin drilling for oil and natural gas within Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

The recent and extremely significant development in the US Senate concerning Greece and Cyprus' future role in Washington's plans for the Eastern Mediterranean stems from the initiatives of the Hellenic diaspora, and also from the strengthening of Greek-Israeli relations over the past decade.

The Greek police stopped a truck with stolen registration numbers and found 59 illegal immigrants.

The truck was stopped Friday afternoon on a highway, about 30 kilometers east of Thessaloniki, as it traveled with signs with a Bulgarian registration that were declared stolen.

Turkey's ruling party has appealed to the country's top election authority submitting a new petition including list of voters it deemed "ineligible" with a view to cancel and renew last month's mayoral election in Istanbul.

He works in Amman, Jordan, but also in Ankara, Iraq and at the United Nations Office at Geneva. As the United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis since 2017, Panos Moumtzis' work has taken him around the world. "I rarely sleep in the same place for more than three days," he told Kathimerini during an interview.

The Thessaloniki Photography Center presents a project that was launched in Cyprus in January and called on photographers in the northern Greek city and in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia to create a collection of images from their respective cities.

Greek police say they have stopped a truck with stolen license plates and found 59 undocumented migrants inside.
The truck was stopped Friday afternoon on the highway about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Thessaloniki, because it had Bulgarian license plates that had been reported stolen.

The White House said on April 19 that President Donald Trump spoke by phone earlier in the week and discussed "ongoing counterterrorism efforts" with Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, leader of a military assault on the capital Tripoli in opposition to the internationally recognized government.

Turkey's defense and aviation revenues jumped by 31% to reach $8.76 billion year-on-year in 2018, an official announced on April 19.

Republican People's Party (CHP) will not push for early elections despite its historic wins in mayoral polls in Istanbul and Ankara, the party chairman said.