European Union (EU)

The number of asylum seekers in the European Union, Switzerland, and Norway went up by a significant 28 percent in the first half of 2023. This is as compared to the same period of the previous year, according to...

According to Eurostat data reported and reviewed by the Development Ministry on Monday, Greece holds the second position in the European Union in terms of Government Budget Allocations for Research & Development (GBARD) over the long term. From 2012 to...

Spain recently imposed a requirement that non-EU tourists provide evidence of sufficient funds for their trips at the rate of €100 per day as a minimum spending limit, a policy not been welcomed by many. Guidelines published by the Spanish...

The European Union (EU) told member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15 percent until March as an emergency step after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian supplies sent via the biggest pipeline to Europe could be...

Foreign ministers of nations belonging to the European Union are meeting today on whether or not to join in the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics amid increasing calls for them to take action. The foreign minister of Lithuania...

Facebook is planning to hire 10,000 people in the EU to develop a so-called "metaverse," it announced on Monday. This is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets. Facebook...

A post-Brexit rule banning the use of ID cards from the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) for entering Britain came into effect on Friday, according to the UK government. Under plans announced by the government one year ago, most...

Appearing on the TV program BBC This Week, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis launched a savage attack on the EU, claiming it is destined to fail because the euro is doomed. The BBC’s Andrew Neil asked him what he...

Greece is among ten countries which have signed a statement calling on the European Commission to examine the feasibility of the so-called equalisation tax, a tax of large internet companies on their turnover in each EU state, rather than...

The stage of the ancient Greek public forum in the Pnyx hill was the perfect set for a memorable, inspirational, pan-European speech and French president Emmanuel Macron tried his utmost to rise to the occasion. Borrowing the preacher-like techniques which...