Nationality

In a bid to secure smoother entry into Turkish universities, a notable number of dual citizens are opting to renounce their Turkish citizenships, strategically bypassing the fiercely competitive Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS) in favor of the comparatively simpler Foreign Student Admission Examination (YÖS).

Seven years after his last speech in Greece, former US president Barack Obama returned to the stage of the Greek National Opera's Stavros Niarchos Hall in southern Athens on Thursday for a conversation with Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos as part of the annual Nostos conference.

Several ceremonies and colorful celebrations have been held across the country to mark the National Sovereignty and Children's Day on April 23, the creation of the Turkish parliament.

Ognjen Kraus, the coordinator of Croatia's Jewish community organisations, told a ceremony at Zagreb's Mirogoj cemetery on Tuesday to mark Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, that Holocaust denial is going unpunished in the country and Jewish graves are being obliterated.

Day 418 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

A powerful message from the Oscars ceremony. The film "Navalny" created with the participation of Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev won the Oscar in the category of documentary cinema.

"We owe a lot to Christo Grozev, Christo, you risked so much and did so much for this film. We also thank Alexei Navalny and his family," said director Daniel Rohr.

Exciting announcements have been coming in from the organizers of the Release Athens (releaeseathens.gr) rock and metal festival, which is taking place this summer at the Water Plaza and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, both in Faliro Bay, on Athens' southern coast, on June 7, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26 and 28, and July 15, 18, 19, 24 and 27.

A draft bill of the Migration Ministry is blocking the way for the smooth integration of unaccompanied refugee minors and second-generation immigrants who were born or went to school in Greece into local society.

According to the provision concerning the acquisition of a legal 10-year residence permit for such youngsters, most are excluded from the possibility of legal residence.

Seven out of ten are US citizens

Last week, the Tesla CEO asked his 107.7 million followers to vote on ways to resolve the Ukraine war