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The diverse collection Mount Athos of the internationally renowned painter and architect Efthimios Varlamis, brings mystagogy and universal human values of Athonite life to the center of the EU. The exhibition will be presented on March 25, in the...

Giorgos Papastamkos, Vice-President of the European Parliament, fainted on March 13  during a plenary session. The voting session was about amendments in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The debate was severe as CAP is the single largest recipient of the EU  budget. Traditionally, countries of...

The European Parliament has voted for a proposal put forth by a PASOK Socialist lawmaker, Anni Podimata, for a tax on currency exchanges and financial transactions she said would deter speculators. The so-called Tobin Tax is named for Nobel Prize...

Twenty young unemployed Greeks, invited by MEP George Hatzimarkakis in Brussels, attended the European Parliament and heard Lazlo Andor, European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, to announce the new measures taken to fight unemployment. All 20 have...

In October 2012, Rethymno will be hosted by Strasbourg as part of a promotional campaign to declare it as a city of culture, spirit, tourism, tradition and Cretan nutrition. This beautiful French city is one of the European Parliament's headquarters...

European Parliament President Martin Schulz visited Athens to meet with political figures of the country. Schulz planned to visit the Greek capital May 13-14 but cancelled it. Later, he stated he just postponed the visit but did not make clear...

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Wednesday that it was up to Greece if it wanted to stay in the euro zone. "We want Greece to stay in the euro zone. Whether it stays in the euro zone is...

The German FA Minister, Guido Westerwelle, expressed his concern for the post-election turmoil in Greece during a symposium organized by German state broadcaster WDR in the European Parliament. "My concern with regard to recent developments in Greece is very serious,"...

Greek renowned singer Nana Mouskouri gave an interview to Austrian Wiener Zeitung, occasioned by her upcoming concert in Staathalle concert hall in Vienna on Friday, April 27. The anniversary concert celebrates 50 years after the German-speaking CD release of...

A presentation of Spyros Paloukis photo book Daydreaming: One Hundred Greeks of Belgium Dream of Greece was held in the European Parliament in Brussels, under the initiative of the MEP Michalis Tremopoulos and the Minister in Belgium Christos Doulkeridis. Many...