A former foreign minister of Greece on Wednesday urged Turkey to exert its influence over Turkish Cyprus to spur its leadership into a more yielding stance in peace talks to reunify the long-divided island. Dora Bakoyannis, who served as Greek minister of foreign affairs from 2006-2009 and is now the …

France is refusing to start quarrels, weakening Europe’s capacity to control its migration flows, the French European Affairs Minister, Laurent Wauquiez, said, pointing out that Bulgaria and Romania are not ready to enter the Schengen zone.

The leaders of the PLDM, PDM and PL Wednesday said that the discussion they had was constructive and centered on the principles on the basis of which a democratic government would be established for four years. After the trilateral meeting, the Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu said they considered the possibility …