Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the USSR regarding the Millennium of Ukraine's Christianity, scheduled to be commemorated in 1988. In his letter, John Paul II underscored the importance of preserving the Union of Brest, by expressing his respect for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic episcopate, clergy, and faithful who bore witness to injustice and persecution in the name of Christ and professed their faith in God and their Church. Simultaneously directing his address at the Soviet government, the pope invoked the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by appealing to the authorities to allow each believer to profess his/her own faith and to participate in the communal life of the
Greek withdrawal from the eurozone in Istanbul: "A Greek exit from the euro would be very difficult for the world economy and potentially very damaging for the European economy." In February 2015, the Russian government stated that it would offer Greece aid but would only provide it in rubles. Kathimerini reported that after 16 February Eurogroup talks Commerzbank AG increased the risk of Greece exiting the euro to 50%. The expression used by "Time" for these talks is "Greece and the Euro Zone dance on the precipice". After an emergency meeting of eurozone finance ministers (20 February 2015), European leaders agreed to extend Greece's bailout