PM references rivals at home and Turkey
PM references rivals at home and Turkey The European Union has an obligation to “prevent any kind of precedent that can be mimicked by prospective troublemakers down the line,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told lawmakers in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, in comments during a speech addressing the war in Ukraine but seen also […]
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EU Parliament to vote on ‘green’ gas and nuclear rules
EU Parliament to vote on ‘green’ gas and nuclear rules The European Parliament will decide on Wednesday whether to block or accept an EU law labelling investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly, which has exposed deep rifts between countries over how to fight climate change. The parliament will decide whether to veto […]
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Police arrest 130 suspected human traffickers in European crackdown
Police arrest 130 suspected human traffickers in European crackdown Police across Europe have arrested abut 130 people suspected of inolvement in human trafficking in a joint operation carried out by 22 countries, the international police agency Europol said on Tuesday. The police actions, which took place in the week up to June 13, also led […]
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EU urges North Macedonia to back proposed deal with Bulgaria
EU urges North Macedonia to back proposed deal with Bulgaria European Council President Charles Michel urged North Macedonia on Tuesday to back a French-proposed compromise on ending a dispute with neighboring Bulgaria that’s blocking the country’s long-delayed European Union accession bid. Violent protests erupted in North Macedonia’s capital, Skopje, where demonstrators tried to storm government […]
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EU must prevent precedents, Greek PM tells MEPs in tacit reference to Turkey
EU must prevent precedents, Greek PM tells MEPs in tacit reference to Turkey The European Union has an obligation to “prevent any kind of precedent that can be mimicked by prospective troublemakers down the line,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told lawmakers in European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, in comments during a speech addressing the […]
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Complaint filed in European court over neo-Nazi MEP Lagos’ access to public funds
Complaint filed in European court over neo-Nazi MEP Lagos’ access to public funds A German civil advocacy group has reportedly filed a complaint with the European Court in Luxembourg over EU Parliament’s alleged failure to disclose how MEP Yiannis Lagos’ used public EU funds even after his conviction in Greece for being a leading member […]
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Greek Prime Minister to address the Plenary Session of the European Parliament
Greek Prime Minister to address the Plenary Session of the European Parliament The Greek Prime Minister, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will be in Strasbourg on Tuesday, July 5, where he will address the Plenary Session of the European Parliament. The Greek Prime Minister will first have a meeting with Ms Roberta Metsola, President of the European […]
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ECB top shareholder Germany lays out conditions for aid to indebted states
ECB top shareholder Germany lays out conditions for aid to indebted states The European Central Bank’s biggest shareholder, Germany’s Bundesbank, laid out its conditions for providing fresh support to the euro zone’s most indebted countries on Monday after opposing such aid at an emergency meeting last month. ECB policymakers pledged to buy more bonds from […]
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EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy
EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy The European Union’s executive arm on Friday pledged to draft an emergency plan this month aimed at helping member countries do without Russian energy in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the initiative would build on […]
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European firefighters start Greek summer mission
European firefighters start Greek summer mission The first contingent of a total of 200 EU forest firefighters started their mission on Friday to assist the work of their Greek colleagues during the summer firefighting season. The Romanian contingent, which was the first foreign unit to arrive, comprises 28 firefighters and five vehicles. The contingent will […]
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Ancient Monument on Greece’s Sikinos Receives European Award
Ancient Monument on Greece’s Sikinos Receives European Award Credit: Ministry of Culture The Monument of Episkopi, a Roman mausoleum converted to a Byzantine church on the island of Sikinos, Greece, was among the winners of the 2022 European Heritage Awards, announced on Thursday by the European Commission and Europa Nostra. Episkopi’s monument was built in […]
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European Heritage Award for Roman monument’s restoration on Greek island of Sikinos
European Heritage Award for Roman monument’s restoration on Greek island of Sikinos The Monument of Episkopi, a Roman mausoleum converted to a Byzantine church on the Greek island of Sikinos, was among the winners of the 2022 European Heritage Awards, announced on Thursday by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, ANA reports. The awards were […]
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Monument of Episkopi on Sikinos among European Heritage Award winners
Monument of Episkopi on Sikinos among European Heritage Award winners The Monument of Episkopi, a Roman mausoleum converted to a Byzantine church on the Greek island of Sikinos, was among the winners of the 2022 European Heritage Awards, announced on Thursday by the European Commission and Europa Nostra. The awards were given to 30 winners […]
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ECB arrests bond yield growth
ECB arrests bond yield growth The new anti-fragmentation program of the European Central Bank will reduce the rising borrowing costs of vulnerable countries in the eurozone, such as Greece, while keeping the pressure on governments to pursue prudent fiscal policy, as it will contain relevant conditions, according to ECB head Christine Lagarde. Plans on flexibility might […]
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EU Commissioner criticizes Greece over migrant deportations
EU Commissioner criticizes Greece over migrant deportations The European Union’s top migration official told Greece on Thursday to stop “violent” deportations of migrants or risk losing funds. After becoming one of the main destination points during the migration crisis of 2015, Athens has hardened its policy in the past year by increasing land and sea […]
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Commission VP Schinas reacts strongly to “Turkaegean” trademark
Commission VP Schinas reacts strongly to “Turkaegean” trademark Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas was livid over the decision of the European Intellectual Property Office to register the “turkaegean” trademark, something that in Athens provoked an official inquiry ordered by a furious Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis. On the issue of the registration of […]
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Commission VP demands review of EU decision to trademark ‘Turkaegean’
Commission VP demands review of EU decision to trademark ‘Turkaegean’ European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas has sent a letter to Internal Markets Commissioner Thierry Breton demanding a review of a decision to approve Ankara’s request to trademark the term ‘Turkaegean.’ According to reports on Thursday, the Greek commission VP for Promoting the European Way of […]
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EU proposes ban on flavored heated tobacco products
EU proposes ban on flavored heated tobacco products The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a ban on the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of its plan to fight cancer. The EU’s executive branch said its proposal comes in response to a significant increase in the volume of such products sold across the […]
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Diana Krall
Diana Krall The celebrated Canadian jazz pianist, singer and songwriter starts her European tour in Athens with a show at the Herod Atticus Theater on June 30 in support of the Aurora charity for people with hematological diseases. The show is organized by the Athens Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr). Source : Newsroom Σύνδεσμος
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EU reassigns 3.5 bln euros of regional funds to hosting Ukraine refugees
EU reassigns 3.5 bln euros of regional funds to hosting Ukraine refugees The European Union’s executive on Wednesday made a fresh 3.5 billion euros ($3.7 billion) from regional development funds available to host Ukrainian refugees after some 6.2 million fled to the bloc since Russia invaded its neighbor on February 24. Russia intensified its attacks […]
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Euro firefighters head to Greece for the summer
Euro firefighters head to Greece for the summer The first of a total of 250 European forest firefighters arrived on Monday to assist the work of the Greek authorities during the current firefighting season. On Friday, 11 leaders of these Euro firefighting units are expected to arrive in order to meet with their Greek counterparts […]
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Bonds to fund NextGenerationEU
Bonds to fund NextGenerationEU The European Commission on Friday announced plans to issue 50 billion euros of European Union bonds to finance the NextGenerationEU recovery program between July and December. The funds for the temporary recovery instrument were aimed at supporting member-states’ economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and helping build a greener, more digital […]
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EU gives green light to Turkey for ‘Turkaegean’ trademark
EU gives green light to Turkey for ‘Turkaegean’ trademark The European Union agency responsible for trademarks has granted an application from Turkey for registration of the term “Turkaegean.” The European Union Intellectual Property Office granted the trademark last December to the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency. The trademark will remain valid until July 2031. […]
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PM expresses satisfaction at European Council conclusion on Turkey
PM expresses satisfaction at European Council conclusion on Turkey The unanimous decision by the European Council to give Ukraine and Moldova the status of EU candidate-countries was an important message said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a press conference after European leaders met in Brussels on Friday. He reiterated Greece’s support for the European prospects […]
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EU grants Ukraine, Moldova path to membership
EU grants Ukraine, Moldova path to membership The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels, leaders of the EU’s […]
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EU ambivalence on Western Balkans
EU ambivalence on Western Balkans The European Union has a strategic policy of maintaining a stance of ambivalence on many different issues. Among them, it has managed to keep the countries of the Western Balkans on hold, without clarifying what their prospects for accession to the bloc may be or what kind of timeframe they […]
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Balkan membership hopefuls leave EU summit empty handed
Balkan membership hopefuls leave EU summit empty handed A summit of European Union and Balkan leaders failed on Thursday to break a deadlock over a stalled EU membership bid by North Macedonia and Albania, even as Ukraine was set to become an official candidate for membership. Separate from the Ukraine decision later on Thursday, the […]
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Russian gas cuts have hit 12 countries, EU climate chief says
Russian gas cuts have hit 12 countries, EU climate chief says A dozen European Union countries have been affected by cuts to gas supply from Russia, EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said on Thursday. Timmermans said ten of the EU’s 27 member countries have issued an “early warning” on gas supply – the first […]
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The debate about European enlargement and the Western Balkans
The debate about European enlargement and the Western Balkans This week Western Balkan leaders will travel to Brussels for a high-level meeting with EU leaders where they will discuss progress on their integration with the EU and the challenges posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The meeting comes as the debate over EU enlargement picks […]
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EU nod to Cypriot VAT deferral plan
EU nod to Cypriot VAT deferral plan The European Commission has approved a 20-million-euro Cypriot value-added tax deferral scheme to support businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictive measures put in place to limit the spread of the virus. A press release by Brussels on Tuesday said that the scheme was approved under […]
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