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Cyprus is in a position to "find a whole new day in its relationship with the United States and with the West," US Senator Robert Menendez said during a visit to Nicosia on Tuesday.

The Bozcaada Half Marathon will offer both professional and amateur athletes across the country a 10-kilometer excitement on an astonishing track on the Turkish island of Bozcaada in the Aegean Sea on May 18.

The "Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act" submitted to the US Congress by Senators Robert Menendez and Marco Rubio that essentially upgrades the geopolitical roles of Greece and Cyprus is seen in Athens as a reflection of Washington's renewed interest and growing involvement in the region. 

Local businesspeople on Zakynthos are putting pressure on mayor Pavlos Kolokotsas to allow full access to the famous Navagio (shipwreck) beach on the island's northwestern coast, where a landslide in September last year injured one tourist.

The rift in Turkey's relations with the United States - prompted by its decision to acquire a Russian missile defense system in defiance of Washington's objections - in tandem with the consolidation of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel alliance  has, not unjustifiably, raised national expectations over Greece's geopolitical future.

General Secretary for Civil Protection Yiannis Tafyllis on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the municipality of Oropedio in the Cretan prefecture of Lasithi due to damage from heavy rainfall over the past few days.
The bad weather has wreaked serious damage to roads, homes, businesses and particularly to crops.

Multifaceted German director Werner Herzog is heading to the Greek capital, where he will be scouting for talent, presenting his work and sharing his significant wisdom with fans, in a series of events at the Onassis Cultural Center and the Goethe Institute.

Greece's coast guard says it has found the bodies of three fully clothed men on two beaches on the island of Rhodes.

The first body was found Saturday afternoon on Afantou beach on the eastern side of the island. A second body was found Sunday morning on the same beach and a little later a third corpse was discovered on nearby Faliraki beach.

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has said his government plans to challenge a court ruling which found that public sector salary cuts imposed after the 2012 financial crisis were unconstitutional.

The honeydew honey from Bulgaria's Strandzha region has been included in the list of protected designations of origin of the European Union, announced the European Commission. This is the eighth Bulgarian product in the list, reports BNT.