November 14, 2018
Archeology
A landslide at the Amyntaio lignite coal mine unearthed a 2-meter-long tusk. The pre-historic finding was discovered by workers of the Greek Public Power Company when they went to inspect the landslide area last week. They immediately informed their director about the finding and on his part he informed the …
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July 15, 2018
Politics, World
A day before the meeting with Russina President Valdimir Putin, US President Donald Trump continued to attack Europe. In an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor in Scotland, Trump named the European Union as his “biggest foe globally right now.” Prompt was the response by European Council President …
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March 26, 2018
World
Human rights in Turkey, the operation in Afrin, recent actions in the east Mediterranean Sea – see Cyprus – and the detention of EU citizens including the two Greek soldiers are main points of concern for the European Union. And so they recorded in the remarks of EU President Donald …
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February 24, 2018
Turkey-GR
European Council President, Donald Tusk, expressed solidarity with Greece and Cyprus and called on Turkey to terminate activities in the Aegean Sea and the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus. In a statement, Tusk said among others: This evening President Anastasiades and Prime Minister Tsipras informed us about the latest developments …
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December 12, 2017
World
The European Commission has described as “unacceptable” plans by Donald Tusk, the European Council president, to scrap mandatory quotas on relocating asylum seekers across the EU. Speaking in Strasbourg on Tuesday, EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, said a note put forward by Tusk ahead of an EU summit is anti-European. …
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December 12, 2017
Politics, World
European Council president Donald Tusk is to tell the EU summit on Thursday that the mandatory quotas for refugees relocation have been ‘divisive and ineffective’ and they should be abolished. The plan comes just days after the EU took three member states, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to court …
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April 29, 2017
Politics, World
Leaders of EU27 adopt draft guidelines from Donald Tusk as European council says ‘firm and fair mandate’ now ready. The European Union leaders have unanimously agreed to tough negotiating guidelines for Brexit talks with the UK, suggesting that they will demand Britain agrees on payments to the bloc before considering …
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April 5, 2017
Economy, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for an emergency Summit of the Eurozone member states before Easter, should there be no agreement between Greece and its European creditors at the Eurogroup meeting on upcoming Friday, April 7, 2017. The Prime Minister revealed that he already asked European Council President Donald …
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March 24, 2017
Greece, Politics, World
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called for a rapid conclusion of the ongoing negotiations between Athens and the creditors and of the second review of the current Greek program. In a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Juncker said: There is not one size fits all in the social …
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March 24, 2017
Greece, Politics, World
Just hours before the EU Summit to celebrate 60 years from the Treaty of Rome and the Rome Declaration, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter to European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council president Donald Tusk. As the country is in the middle of negotiations difficulties with …
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February 3, 2017
Politics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras slapped his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel. The incident took place at the European Council Summit in Malta on Friday morning. Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was having a chat with UK’s leader Theresa May, when Tsipras approached him and passed him a friendly slap on …
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April 27, 2016
Economy, Politics
Two phone calls by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to European Council President Donald Tusk did not bring the desired result. After the cancellation of the Eurogroup meeting, PM Tsipras called Tusk twice: on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Tsipras wanted to call a EU Summit on the table in …
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March 10, 2016
Politics
The tweets posted by European Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday evening triggered a war of words with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel also criticized “the closure of the Balkan Route” as unilateral actions.” Donald Tusk claimed that the closure of the Balkan Route was …
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March 9, 2016
Politics
The closure of the Balkan Route was a decision jointly taken by the 28 member states of the European Union. This is what European Council President Donald tusk wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, adding that the closure of borders was not a “unilateral action” by the West Balkan countries FYROM, …
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March 8, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
I have the feeling that everybody (Tusk, EU leaders, Institutions) is suffering from total confusion and is neither willing nor able to deal with the Refugee crisis and find sustainable solutions. They shake hands and pose for family photos and then go back to their countries proud of having stroke …
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March 3, 2016
Politics
European Council President Donald Turk is visiting Athens today to talk about the Refugee Crisis. He met with Prime Minister Alexisi Tsipras and both men agreed that Unilateral actions by European Union member states to deal with the migrant crisis troubling the bloc is hurting solidarity and must stop. “We …
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February 8, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
In internal EU memo obtained by Greek media reveals the blatant Turkish blackmail on the refugee crisis. The memo contains a summary of the dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on 16th November 2015 during the …
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January 22, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
At least, 21 people have died in two separate boat wreckage that occurred during the night in the Aegean Sea. According to the Greek Coast Guard, a wooden boat carrying 48 people from Turkey to Greece sank off the island of Farmakonisi. The cost guard rescued a little girl, forty …
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July 14, 2015
Politics
Several international media have leaked background information of the stormy negotiations between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his euro “partners” during the Euro Leaders Summit on Sunday and the dramatic night that followed. Talks “nearly ended in a Grexit, both figuratively and literally when, at 6am Monday morning Brussels …
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July 8, 2015
Economy
Euro Leaders agreed to give Greece a chance to submit new proposals by 8:30 a.m. Friday, July 10th. Two days later, a full Summit with all 28 European Union members will take place. A crucial decision will be taken: “to start negotiations for a two-year program,” as Merkel said or …
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