January 30, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Almost at the bottom of the EU 27 member states is Greece on the Corruption Index 2023, with a shameful performance in the Corruption Perceptions Index. Greece ranked 24th among the 27 EU member states and 59th among 180 states. It scored below the baseline and is in the category …
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January 10, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
The Greek government on Tuesday presented a draft law to integrate into national legislation a European directive on implementing a minimum tax rate on multinational enterprises and large-scale domestic groups which could lead to a supplementary tax of up to 15% on profits. The Pillar II directive (EU 2022/2523) is …
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January 3, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Baby formula sold in Greece is the most expensive in the European Union, and up to 213% more expensive than in Sweden, the Greek Competition Commission has found out in a recent survey. So far, the Committee has not invited the companies involved to give explanation about their pricing policies …
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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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October 6, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said on Friday that he will ask for more resources to deal with migration. The Greek PM is in Granada, Spain, for the informal summit of European Union leaders. Talking to reporters before the summit, Mitsotakis said he was glad a preliminary agreement has been …
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October 4, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Refugees
Greece is urging other European Union member states to adopt a proposed plan to sanction countries that refuse to accept migrants deported by the bloc. Dimitris Kairidis, the Greek minister for asylum and migration, said existing bilateral agreements for returning migrants between individual EU member states and non-member countries had …
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September 14, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
“Turkiye’s EU accession process cannot resume under the current circumstances,” the European Parliament’s (EP) said in its annual report for 2023. The EP also urged Turkiye and the EU institutions and member-states to “break the current deadlock” and seek a “realistic framework” for EU-Turkiye relations. In matters of Greek interest, …
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August 29, 2023
environment
Τo tackle the biggest wildfires ever recorded in the EU, the Commission’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre – rescEU – has mobilized 11 firefighting planes and 1 helicopter from the rescEU reserve, stationed in 6 Member States. In addition, 6 European countries have contributed with 6 ground forest fire fighting teams …
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August 24, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Greek consumers still pay a high price for dairy products compared to the rest of the Europeans, even though the prices of fresh milk, yogurt and butter have fallen – even marginally – in the seven months of this year on the shelves of domestic supermarkets. However, it seems that …
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August 22, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden will deploy firefighters and engines to Greece to assist its battle against the wildfires.Additional European aid is at the disposal of Greece in the battle with the wildfires, European Commission spokesperson, Balazs Ujvari said on Tuesday. Ηe noted, Greece activated the civil protection …
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August 21, 2023
Greece, Politics
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen uploaded a message on social media from Athens focusing on European enlargement on Monday ahead of the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on the issue. “We need to bring our friends, the aspiring members of the EU much closer …
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August 20, 2023
Economy
Greece trails other Mediterranean EU countries in per capita wealth, according to the 14th edition of the Global Worth Report issued by Swiss Bank UBS, joined this year by Credit Suisse, which it acquired a few months ago. However, in contrast to other southern European countries, namely Italy and Spain, …
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July 18, 2023
environment
Copernicus, the EU’s Earth observation program, has been activated for the immediate mapping of the areas in Eastern Attica, Western Attica, Viotia and Corinth (Loutraki) that has been burned in wildfires since Monday. The purpose of the activation is the production of maps and data of the affected region, to …
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July 18, 2023
environment
Four water-dropping aircraft Canadair from France and Italy are expected to arrive in Greece to help put out the fires. The aircraft will arrive following a request of the Civil Protection to EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic. “Following Greece’s request for assistance to tackle wildfires in the Attica …
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July 10, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara’s accession to the bloc before Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey’s bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks …
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July 7, 2023
Greece, Politics
Over 25 people involved in the ErgOSE Contract 717 on signaling and tele-management on the Greek railroad network have been summoned by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) to testify as suspects of fraud. The office, which has prosecutorial authority over the misuse of EU funding, also sent a case …
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July 5, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece has made progress in four of five recommendations on improving the rule of law in the country, the European Commission noted in its Rule of Law Report for 2022, released on Wednesday. Specifically, Greece made significant progress in following recommendations in these areas: – Ensuring the effective and systematic …
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June 22, 2023
Greece
European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to an 11th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, aimed at stopping other countries and companies from circumventing existing measures. The new package, tweeted by Sweden as EU president, forbids transit via Russia of an expanded list of goods and …
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June 9, 2023
Greece, Politics
The EU Council of Interior Ministers that met on Thursday in Luxembourg came to an agreement on key asylum and migration laws. After a long and difficult negotiation, the Swedish EU presidency announced: “The Council today took a decisive step towards a modernization of the EU’s rulebook for asylum and …
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May 31, 2023
environment
Greece’s Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection welcomed the European Commission’s doubling of the rescEU’s aerial firefighting fleet for this year’s fire season, pointing out that this decision was an official Greek proposal and an important step for protecting the country against fires. The ministry underlined, Greece welcomes the …
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