June 30, 2022
Greece, Politics
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 patrols, extending …
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March 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The visit of EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on the island of Lesvos and Samos was met with protests by both locals and refugees. As the Commissioner visited the camps to discuss the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and funding to Greece, charities warned that the …
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July 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
Are Greece and Albania planning to restructure their borders? EU-Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, apparently thinks so. Speaking at a panel of a think tank in on Tuesday, about the need of reaching agreement in the Balkans, Hahn mentioned an absolutely unacceptable term: “border restructure between Greece and Albania.” Specifically …
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February 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
EU Migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said that he will file a lawsuit to Greece’s Supreme Court (Arios Pagos) and also a request to lift the protection status of one of the “protected witnesses” whose testimony has involved the name of former Health Minister in Novartis bribery case. In a press …
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February 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, has said that he will brief the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, his fellow Commissioners and other EU Institutions on the Novartis case in a “documented and analytical manner,” as he said. His name is among the ten names of …
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April 6, 2017
Greece, Politics
The inauguration ceremony of the Tempi Tunnels had everything a Greek soul wishes: a religious blessing, the National Anthem, a wreath at the monument dedicated to National Resistance near by, a speech by the Prime Minister and an EU Commissioner. The three tunnels are at Tempi Valley and Maliakos-Klidi section …
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March 30, 2017
Politics, Refugees
The European Union’s commissioner for migration says there are ways to make all EU members states comply with the program of relocation of refugees among them. Dimitris Avramopoulos made the statement last week in Warsaw, where he is visiting the growing European border guard agency, Frontex. Poland is refusing to …
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September 22, 2016
Politics
A cache of 1.3 million leaked files from tax haven Bahamas revealed that former EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes responsible for Europe’s antitrust watchdog was named as director of an offshore company. She was recruited by United Arab Emirates, which intended to snap up the international assets of the energy company …
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September 10, 2014
Politics
+++Former Athens Mayor and Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos is the new EU Commissioner for “Migration, rights and internal affairs”, Reuters report on Wednesday.
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July 28, 2014
Politics
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras named current Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos for EU Commissioner. According to media, Greece target the portfolio of either “migration” or “unemployment”. Avramopoulos who is also Nea Dimokratia vice president, will leave the ministry by end of October. So far, so good. However the removal of Avramopoulos …
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May 24, 2013
Economy, Very Mix
The European Commission decided to temporary shelve its absurd decision to ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables and replace them with non-refillable sealed bottles. “The decision did not find the necessary support,” EU Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos said at a press conference, admitting he was …
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March 11, 2013
Very Mix
The vice president of the European commission could not hide his enthusiasm. “Long Live Greece! We are all Greeks!” he said after concluding his speech at an event on entrepreneurship that took place in Athens on Monday. “Without Greece we would be barbarians or heathens,” said Italian politician Antonio Tajani, Vice-President …
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March 3, 2013
Politics
An odd and alarming at the same time e-mail puzzled many Greeks on Saturday, when a Greek newspaper posted on its internet site the content of an e-mail allegedly issued by the EU Commission to its staff containing “safety instructions”. The e-mail was apperently forwarded to EU staff due to visit Athens …
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May 3, 2011
Economy, Society
Yes, it is official! Unemployment leads not only to financial extermination but also to biological. This is said more or less by Lazlo Andor, EU Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Building a fairer future. Each percentage increase in national unemployment attributes to a 0.8% increase of suicides by …
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