Member states of the Council of Europe

Finns are the happiest people in the world. This is clear from the World Happiness Report published on Monday. Finland has been ranked as the country with the happiest population in the world for the sixth year in a row. Bulgaria is in 77th place.

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias referred to the importance of Greek tourism for the growth of trade and commerce, while addressing a Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) event on Wednesday.

Day 391 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall joined Frankfurt's blue-chip DAX index yesterday, highlighting the improving fortunes of the country's weapons industry as the Ukraine war spurs demand.

In a country still haunted by Nazi atrocities during World War II, Germany's weapons manufacturers were far from the country's most celebrated firms.

Following a meeting between Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Brussels, the two men announced that Ankara will vote for Greece's candidacy in the elections for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, while Athens will support Turkey for general-secretary of the International Maritime Organization.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said he will meet with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Brussels Monday on the sidelines of a conference hosted by the EU aimed at ramping up funds from international donors to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.

The meeting will take place at 2 p.m. Greek time, Dendias said.

INDJIJA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he was hoping for a decent discussion in Ohrid, North Macedonia, in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on Saturday and for an opportunity to get things moving, but noted that he would not be travelling to the city with messages as he had already told EU and US envoys Miroslav Lajcak and Gabriel Escobar all he had had to say.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias says he has urged United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intensify efforts for a Cyprus settlement based on UN resolutions. 

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet with the Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres in New York on Thursday to discuss, among others, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cyprus, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans.

The meeting is scheduled at 3.30 p.m. (local time).

Ads costing $3.6 million have sought aid for Ukraine from seven countries of the Western Balkans since Russia's invasion a year ago, a BIRN analysis shows.