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A social mobility report by Eurofound, the EU Agency for the improvement of living and working conditions, shows that Greece, Cyprus, Finland and Poland have changed the most, having seen massive mobility out of agriculture towards manufacturing and services...

Conditions have improved and will meet EU criteria, Migration minister Yannis Mouzalas told British newspaper The Guardian in an interview about housing returning refugees from EU countries. “The paperwork has begun and we expect returns to begin over the next...

Popular support for the eurozone has climbed to its highest since 2004 according to a new polling by Eurobarometer, which points to growing optimism and trust in the bloc, but Greeks remain among the least optimistic Europeans about the...

More than 50% of Greeks cannot afford a week’s holiday according to data from the EU statistics agency, Eurostat. The data reveal that, due to the economic crisis, 53.6% of Greeks either take no holiday during the year, or have...

European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos and Home Affairs and National Security Minister of Malta Carmelo Abela, who represents the country that holds the EU presidency, will visit the island of Lesvos on Thursday. The aim of the visit is...

Greece moved up several places to rank 17th among the 28 European Union member-states for the adoption of climate change policies, WWF Hellas and Greenpeace Greece said on Wednesday. The ranking was based on the annual Climate Change Performance...

A European Commission Survey examining the rates charges of 18 different categories of service packages across the 28 European Union (EU) member-states shows that Greece is the most expensive country when it comes to using cellphones for internet access. The...

Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades has said that the most significant differences on the Cyprus issue lie in the core and fundamental chapters of Territory – which is linked with the chapter of Property - and Security and Guarantees, which...

According to Reuters, on Monday the European Union (EU) agreed to slash funding from  EU's 2017 budget for poor regions to reallocate spending to manage the migrant crisis impacting the EU. The result of slashing funds to poor regions of the EU bloc...

Food prices keep increasing while household incomes are strikingly low, according to data recently published by Eurostat. The European statistical agency says that food prices in Greece have seen a general increase of 2.3 percent from last year, while the...