July 18, 2024
FEATURED, Politics, World
The European Parliament has confirmed Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as President of the European Commission. She will serve until 2029. The German politician will have a further five years to steer legislation at the helm of the EU’s main executive body. 5 more years. I can’t …
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November 16, 2023
environment, FEATURED
The European Commission on Thursday decided to refer Greece to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to provide updated flood risk and flood hazard maps as required by its floods directive. It was the only EU member country not to comply. The European Commission Thursday launched legal action …
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May 22, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The European Commission has called on Greek authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into fresh allegations of illegal migrant deportations, stated Ylva Johansson, the EU’s Home Affairs Commissioner, on Monday. Video footage published by the New York Times on Friday shows the Greek Coast Guard rounding up asylum …
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October 11, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
The European Union has strategic interest in having a stable and secure environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and in developing cooperation and a mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey, the draft report of the European Commission on enlargement states. According to the report seen by Greek state-run news agency amna, it …
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September 30, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
EU Energy Ministers reached a political agreement on measures to mitigate high electricity prices: mandatory electricity reduction at 5% in peak hours, cap on market revenues from inframarginal electricity producers and solidarity contribution from fossil fuels producers, the Czech Republic that is currently holding the rotating EU Presidency said in …
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September 14, 2022
Economy, Uncategorized
The EU plans a “deep and comprehensive reform of the electricity market” to cope with an energy crisis spurred by Russia’s war in Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. The measures include a cap on electricity producers’ profits that would raise 140 billion euros ($140 billion) …
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August 10, 2022
Economy
The European Commission will not prolong the enhanced surveillance of Greece once it expires on 20 August, it said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Commission said that “following exchanges with the Greek authorities, including at the Eurogroup meeting of June 16, the Commission acknowledges that Greece has delivered on …
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August 9, 2022
Greece, Politics
The European Commission has said that the illegal surveillance of citizens by intelligence services is “unacceptable,” while calling for an investigation into the tapping of a Greek political leader’s phone. Asked during a press briefing on Tuesday, Anitta Hipper, a spokeswoman on home affairs, migration and internal security, said the …
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July 21, 2022
Economy
After Spain, also Greece and Portugal rejected the proposal of European Commission that called for 15% cuts in natural gas consumption mainly to help Germany. Government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou told reporters at Thursday noon: “the Greek government does not agree on principle with the Commission’s proposal for a 15% reduction …
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July 21, 2022
Economy
European Commissioner President Ursual von der Leyen presented on Wednesday an emergency plan for the case Russia halts the supply of natural gas to Europe. The plan called “Save gas for a safe winter” provides that EU member state reduce annual gas consumption by 15%. “In case of a European …
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July 15, 2022
Economy
Economic growth in Greece will exceed the EU average in 2022, but the inflation rate will remain high, the European Commission said in its summer 2022 Economic Forecast report released on Thursday. More specifically, the report said that Greece kept its momentum in the first quarter of 2022, with real …
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June 10, 2022
Politics, World
Turkey must respect the sovereignty of all EU member states “in their territorial waters and airspace,” said European Commission spokesman for external affairs Peter Stano on Friday. Asked by Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent provocative statements, Stano noted that “the EU has always been …
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May 10, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The European Commission has prepared an emergency plan for the case of an energy blackout. According to Spanish daily El Pais the Commission intends to present the plan on May 18. The plan contains several actions to be taken by EU member states for the worst case scenario in which …
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February 27, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Tourism, Travel
The European Union is shutting down the EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian registered or Russian-controlled aircraft, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday evening, in a second package of measures against Russia. Russian aircraft “won’t be able to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the …
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February 11, 2022
Economy
The European Commission has approved 31.5 million euros in direct grants for the support of specific types of farmers and producers affected by restrictive measures imposed during the continuing coronavirus pandemic. Announced on Wednesday, the state funding budget was approved under the EU’s State Aid Temporary Framework and will be …
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November 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed to European Commission that booster shot with vaccines against Covid-19 becomes a “precondition” for a valid EU digital certificate for traveling citizens aged over 60. In a letter sent to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, Mitsotakis proposed that a third dose …
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July 16, 2021
environment
The European Commission has decided to refer Greece to the Court of Justice of the European Union, due to poor air quality, caused by high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The Commission considers that the efforts made so far by the Greek authorities have not been satisfactory and sufficient. The …
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May 12, 2021
Economy
The European Commission revised its forecasts for Greek economic growth upwards on Wednesday, projecting growth rates of 4.1% in 2021 and 6% in 2022. In its report on spring economic forecasts, the EU’s executive body said that the coronavirus pandemic and all related restrictive measures led the Greek economy to …
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March 1, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The European Commission will present a proposal in March on creating an EU-wide digital COVID-19 vaccination passport that may allow Europeans to travel more freely over the peak summer holiday period. Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced the coming legislative proposal in a speech to German conservative lawmakers on …
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February 10, 2021
FEATURED
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged on Wednesday that the European Union was not where it wanted to be in the fight against the coronavirus. “We were late with the approval. We were too optimistic on mass production. And perhaps we were also too certain that the orders …
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