Cyprus is welcoming EU summit

European Union heads of state and authorities are converging to Cyprus for the Thursday and Friday EU summit, amid an unprecedented premix of challenges for the bloc arsenic the wars successful the Middle East and Ukraine rage and the economical outlook appears bleak.

This informal summit, the archetypal successful this six-month presidency of the European Council by Cyprus, will statesman connected Thursday evening with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides welcoming his chap heads of state and authorities astatine Agia Napa Marina, and will proceed connected Friday astatine Filoxenia Conference Center successful Nicosia.

Besides the assembly members, President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will besides get successful Cyprus to enactment successful the summit, alternatively of speaking done a video call, the Cypriot authorities announced Wednesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are visiting Cyprus connected Thursday for the 2nd clip successful a fewer weeks, pursuing their associated visit successful March. Cypriot authorities spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Macron’s visit reflects however adjacent relations betwixt Cyprus and France person become, particularly successful caller months.