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Romania will continue to be part of the Francophonie, as it is intimately tied to these values, Romanian state officials assured at the conference "Centennial Romania's Francophone cultural model," which marked the 25th anniversary of organisational Francophonie in Romania, held in cooperation with the La Francophonie's Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe (BRECO) and

The Greek diaspora has a dual role at this difficult juncture for the country. One is to help infuse people in Greece with the elements they are so sorely lacking and the other is to initiate an international mobilization in order to influence key decision-making centers around the world.

The government's position on the issue of the two Greek soldiers who are still in Turkish custody for accidentally straying across the border into the neighboring country is characterized by cacophony and the occasional selective silence.

The crisis in Greek-Turkish relations has over the years been accentuated by the abusive and unchecked use of words which are uttered with the aim of boosting the morale and pride of the nation. These words essentially expose the discrepancy between rhetoric and action.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reportedly received a proposal last week for an agreement in the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) that reliable sources say is comprehensive.

The interactive installation "Abecedarium Bulgaricus", dedicated to the Bulgarian alphabet, will be exhibited as of 5thof January in the building of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, to mark the start of the first Bulgarian Council Presidency in January 2018.

A new law meant to curtail hate speech on social media in Germany is stifling free speech and making martyrs out of anti-immigrant politicians whose posts are deleted, the top-selling Bild newspaper said on Thursday.

Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s angry tweet about Pakistan’s “lies and deceit,” while Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif dismissed the outburst as a political stunt.

“Youthquake” has been crowned as Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year 2017, following a five-fold increase in usage.

Oxford Dictionaries has deemed "youthquake" the 2017 word of the year, reflecting what it calls a "political awakening" among millennial voters.

It was first coined in the 1960s by Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, who used it to describe sudden changes in fashion, music and attitudes.