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Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias met on Wednesday with outgoing Azerbaijani Ambassador to Greece Anar Huseynov.  

Posting about it on Twitter, Dendias said he congratulated Huseynov upon the completion of his tenure in Greece, and discussed Greek-Azerbaijani relations and regional developments.

In the middle of this year, India is expected to become the most populous country in the world and overtake China in terms of population by almost 3 million people, Reuters and BTA reported, referring to a UN report published today.

Because of the war in Ukraine, the World Basketball Association did not admit Russia to the qualifications for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Bulgaria was admitted instead of the Russian basketball players, thus our men's national team gets the opportunity to fight for participation in the Olympic Games next year.

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to approve sweeping reforms to the European Union's carbon market, which are expected to hike the cost of polluting in Europe in the coming years and cut CO2 emissions faster.

The European Commission on Monday criticized the decision of several Central European countries to stop the import of grain from Ukraine, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.

Poland, Slovakia and Hungary have in recent days announced bans on the import of wheat, oilseeds and other agricultural products from Ukraine, with which they have a border.

From French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Beijing to CIA Director William Burns' visit to Saudi Arabia, the past weeks have underlined one thing: the US is standing on the sidelines merely observing events in stark contrast to US' previous role: that of global broker and policeman.

The US Ambassador to Greece, George Tsunis, noted the exceptional bilateral relations between the two countries following a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday.

"US-Greece relations are stronger than ever," he said in a tweet. "I'm tremendously proud of our countries outstanding cooperation as we advance our shared goals for peace and prosperity," he added.

On November 14, 2018, a woman called Merce Puig Ribot walked into a police station in the small town of Puigcerda in Catalonia, Spain, to complain that she had been defrauded of more than half a million euros by a company masquerading as a stock market investment intermediary.

Egypt's foreign minister was just in Athens, meeting with both Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Dendias.

The visit put the spotlight on the Greek-Egyptian relationship as both countries look to further strengthen their strategic ties, including on energy, and on regional partnerships such as the East Med Gas Forum and the trilateral between Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt.

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on at least four Turkey-based entities it said violated US export controls and helped Russia's war effort, in the biggest US enforcement action in Turkey since the invasion of Ukraine last year.