{"id":14921,"date":"2026-04-23T01:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/cyprus-is-welcoming-eu-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:17:37","slug":"cyprus-is-welcoming-eu-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/cyprus-is-welcoming-eu-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus is welcoming EU summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301661\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Zelensky_Christodoulides-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Zelensky_Christodoulides.jpg\" alt=\"Cyprus is welcoming EU summit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Zelensky_Christodoulides.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>European Union heads of state and government are converging to Cyprus for the Thursday and Friday EU summit, amid an unprecedented mix of challenges for the bloc as the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine rage and the economic outlook appears bleak.<\/p>\n<p>This informal summit, the first in this six-month presidency of the European Council by Cyprus, will begin on Thursday evening with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides welcoming his fellow heads of state and government at Agia Napa Marina, and will continue on Friday at Filoxenia Conference Center in Nicosia.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the council members, President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also arrive in Cyprus to participate in the summit, instead of speaking through a video call, the Cypriot authorities announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are visiting Cyprus on Thursday for the second time in a few weeks, following their joint visit in March. 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