Greece

President of the European Council Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President David Sassoli and European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas joined Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in visiting the Greece-Turkey border at Evros...

The Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus had the lowest standardized rate of cancer-related deaths in the entire EU, it was announced on Tuesday, February 4, the commemoration of World Cancer Day. With 194 deaths for every 100,000 inhabitants in 2016,...

A community group from a rural area of Thessaly was given a European Broadband Award earlier in December for its ambitious work in building up a broadband network which connects 15 villages and for hosting interactive seminars to promote...

Τhe European Commission posted Greece's draft budget plan for 2020 on its website on Wednesday. The budgetary projections envisage a primary surplus of 3.7 percent of GDP in 2019 and a surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2020,...

According to official European data released recently by Eurostat regarding fatalities caused by traffic accidents, Greece sadly stands in first place when it comes to the rate of people killed while operating motorcycles. Among all the 28 nations of the European...

Three Greek novels, "Dendrites" by Kallia Papadaki, "The Greek doctor" by Carolina Mermiga and "The calligraph's night shift" by Maria Xylouri were included in the shortlist for the European Union Prize for Literature that will be bestowed on May...

Eurostat, the EU statistics authority, reports that the euro area (EA19) seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.1 percent in August 2016, stable compared to July 2016 and down from 10.7 percent in August 2015. This remains the lowest rate...

Europe's statistical service Eurostat reports that Greece has the highest rate of unemployment in the European Union with 23.6 percent unemployment in May 2016, holding a steady lead ahead of Spain that came second with 19.6 percent unemployment. Croatia...

The two-day European Union leader's summit concluded on Friday evening with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressing his satisfaction with the summit's events. “These were two days with positive decisions for our country. Within a difficult field and I would say within negative European...

Cyprus is engaged in intense consultations with Brussels ahead of Sunday’s meeting of EU heads of state with Turkey to discuss the refugee crisis, government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He also said that so far two drafts for...

It was 36 years ago today when Greece's Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis was putting his signature to the historic Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community, as the European Union was called at the time. It was May 29, 1979,...

A new EU Commission report called European Vacancy and Recruitment Report 2014, shows that Greece is one of the European countries that tops the list of layoffs after the crisis began. Greece being first in unemployment also exhibits the...

Yesterday, the European Federation of Journalists stood in favor of a Greek journalist, Zois Tsolis, who was threatened by IMF officer Bob Traa. Mr Traa threatened to stop giving official information to Tsolis' newspaper, To Vima. The Federation said...

European Union Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış met Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas on Wednesday. Bağış said that he has come to Greece for a private visit, adding that the relations between Greece and Turkey have improved considerably now...

GUEST WRITER, Vassilios Damiras, a Defence Analyst in the USA, shares his opinions. The economic and political crisis in Greece has created a new era of questioning the effectiveness of the European Union (EU). Greek involvement with the EU had...