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Tiny Greek island Tilos wins EU REsponsible Island Prize

June 25, 2021 environment, FEATURED 1

The small island of Tilos in the south-eastern Aegean Sea is one of the winners of European Union Prize for Responsible Island for local renewable energy transition. “The innovative energy model of Tilos and the commitment of its residents to sustainable energy will inspire other islands and local communities,” the …

Will EU and German support convince French euroskeptics to vote for Macron?

April 24, 2017 Editor Comments Off on Will EU and German support convince French euroskeptics to vote for Macron?

Ex banker, ex socialist and political outsider Emmanuel Macron won the first round of presidential elections in France on Sunday. French elections results have been perceived with a sign of relief in the European Union. A fine day for Europe and Greece, where creditors are expected to return to Athens …

Rebranding Europe: How the EU can improve communication with its citizens

March 26, 2017 World Comments Off on Rebranding Europe: How the EU can improve communication with its citizens

Europe needs to change. In many ways. This was said several times on the occasion of the 60th birthday and the celebrations of the Rome Declaration on Saturday. The EU leaders said it. And thousands of Europeans who took to the streets. Europe – the European Union, that is – …

Rome Declaration: Which ‘Europe’ exactly do we celebrate?

March 25, 2017 Editor 1

A Rome Declaration aiming to restart Europe? The good old European Union that turned 60 today? The Europe of multiple speeds where each member state looks after its own interests? Signing the Rome Declaration, the leaders of 27 EU member-states – minus Britain – proclaimed “Europe in our common future.” …

Four in Ten Young Greeks would accept Greece’s exit from the EU

March 6, 2017 Society Comments Off on Four in Ten Young Greeks would accept Greece’s exit from the EU

92% of young people in Greece do not trust politics. the same attitude is common to 66% of young people in Germany. Almost four in 10 young Greeks do not negatively approach Grexit, that is the possibility of the Greece to leave the European Union. While in Germany only 9% …

At this turtle pace, “Europe will need 18 years to fulfill its relocation commitments” to Greece

September 22, 2016 Very Mix 2

Europe has a proven record of failing to fulfill its commitments towards the Refugee and Migration Crisis. The much celebrated agreements of October 2015 and March 2016 have been forgotten long ago. Institutions and member-states have laid back and keep purring contently like cats after a meal with tuna. They …

Greek NO should be the beginning of the end for Eurozone

July 6, 2015 Economy 6

One can support the European Union and the Common Currency but on Greece’s example, the EU repeatedly proven in the last 5 years that it has little to do with “common ideals” and the much praised “European solidarity.” the Greek example and the way EU politically dealt with it increased …

Euro ‘Allies’ tried to block IMF’s Greek Debt Report but US pushed it through

July 4, 2015 Economy 5

Euro zone countries tried in vain to stop the IMF publishing a gloomy analysis of Greece’s debt burden which the leftist government says vindicates its call to voters to reject bailout terms, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. As Reuters reports, publication of the draft Debt Sustainability Analysis …

Migration Crisis: All EU leaders in one boat cannot solve a humanitarian problem

April 20, 2015 Refugees, Very Mix 3

They are shocked. The EU leaders, the EU officials. But, No, they are not shocked by the loss of lives in the deep waters of the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on a daily basis. They are shocked by the number <700>. That is the lives that disappeared at once off …

The Berlin-Brussels Plot against Greece: “A national unity gov’t with a weak SYRIZA”

March 10, 2015 Politics, World 16

Berlin never made a secret that it would love to see To Potami as SYRIZA’s coalition partner. Martin Schulz from German coalition partner SPD and President of European Parliament said it openly and right away, just four days after the elections and the new Greek coalition government. In his blatant …

FinMin Varoufakis: “Negotiations with creditors won’t be easy” but no need for “duels”

January 28, 2015 Economy 3

“Negotiations with creditors will not be easy,” but “we will negotiate a new agreement – a bridge between Greece previous programs and the new“” Yanis Varoufakis said in his first speech as the country’s new Finance Minister, while he was receiving his new portfolio by ex FinMin Gkikas Hardouvelis. He …

Germany invites jobless EU youth to go there for work

July 1, 2013 Economy 9

5.501 million unemployed youth across Europe? 3.531 million jobless youth in the Eurozone alone? No problem for all those with or without university education who if lucky could find a temporary job as pizza boys and service girls for 400 euro per month. Germany opens its arms and welcome all the …

EU Wins Nobel Peace Prize: This Must be THE Joke in Nobel Prize History

October 12, 2012 Very Mix 20

This must be the joke in the history of Nobel Prize. Crisis-torn European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012, ‘for its historic role in uniting the continent’. Unless the Nobel Prize committee members had a sudden attack of a cynicism, KTG would say that Barroso, Van Rompuy & Co …

Euro Zone Disgrace! Two Members -Spain and Cyprus- Submit Bailout Request Within One Day

June 25, 2012 Economy 8

What a disgrace for the euro zone and the European Union leaders! Two of it 17 members, Spain and Cyprus, submitted bailout requests within a single day. Spain formally asked banking aid of at least 100 billion euro n Monday morning. In the afternoon Cyprus became the last EZ member to …

IS this the EU we wanted? I don’t think so…

July 4, 2011 Economy, Editor, Politics 4

The European road has its reached dead-end. Call it “Greek crisis”, call it “Euro crisis” the European leaders prove day in day out that they are not able to deal with this challenge. EU leaders live in their own happy-go-merry world with some aging EU-gentlemen ridiculte themselves by claiming they are sexy. If …

Four EU parliamentarians detained by North Cyprus police

March 12, 2011 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Four EU parliamentarians detained by North Cyprus police

Turkish Cypriot police have detained two European parliamentarians for allegedly trespassing on a restricted military area in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus, a Greek Cypriot member of the European Parliament said on Saturday. Polish parliamentarians Jaroslaw Leszek Walesa and Artur Zasada were told that they will remain in …