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Among researchers in a project to study the lives of Roma, also known as gypsies, a venture called Trapped In Between, was a 24-year-old Greek woman, Ioanna Fotopoulou, a  topography engineer and activist. She visited the Roma camps and...

Inese Vaidere’s report on the impact of crisis on human and social rights was adopted by a large majority in the European Parliament. Vaidere, EPP Group Coordinator in the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament, in her report...

The Chef’s Club of Greece, accepting the invitation by Georgios Chatzimarkakis, Greek MEP of the Democratic Party, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats of Europe, in Germany, presented Greek gastronomy in the workshop, Increasing Greek Agricultural Productivity by Raising Quality,...

Mega Sprint Guard, a Greek security services and product company, was awarded as one of the top five companies in Europe with the biggest growth and employment rates in Europe. The company is located in Thessaloniki where it has begun...

Giorgos Chatzimarkakis says members of his party, a junior coalition partner in Germany's government, have circulated "extreme" ideas regarding policy toward Greece. Chatzimarkakis, a German European Parliament member of Greek origin, has said he can no longer represent the liberal...

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...