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EU Commission: Raise The VAT on Food
The EU auditors together with the Greek government, posed the question of raising the Greek VAT on food on the agenda of discussions. According to a European Commission study, the Greek government...
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EU Commission: Ten Most Developing Professions in Greece
The European Commission’s report on the monitoring of job vacancies in the EU during the second trimester of 2013, captured the large disparities in employment opportunities between the countries of...
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Greece and Bulgaria: Worst Public Transport in Europe
For the very first time, the European Commission published today, a scoreboard concerning transport in the EU. The table compares the performance of Member States in 22 categories related to transport...
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Poll Shows SYRIZA Euro Victory in Greece But Right Wing Lead
A survey by PollWatch about May’s euro elections shows a right-wing lead overall, despite a predicted victory in Greece for socialist SYRIZA. The survey, conducted across all 28 EU member states,...
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London: Europe Day Celebrations with Greek Touch
This year’s Europe Day was celebrated in London with a concert by the European Union Youth Orchestra held in St John’s church on May 9 and attended by 500 people. The EU Youth Orchestra played among...
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EU Commission Classifies Greek Coastline as ‘Excellent Quality’
The majority of Greek coastlines attained very high scores in the strict testing of bathing water quality conducted by the European Commission. More than two thousand beaches in Greece were monitored...
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Albania Candidate for EU Membership
The EU Member States decided on Tuesday to grant Albania a candidate status on the country’s accession to the European Union, but negotiations will be long and require the country to make significant...
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7 out of 10 Jobs in Greece Are Temporary
According to the European Commission‘s annual report on employment, the young unemployed in Greece stand little chance at finding a job. The report shows that the fragile economic growth does not...
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Commission Proposes €6 Million to Support Bakery in Greece
The European Commission has proposed to supply Greece with 6 million euros from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in order to help 508 former workers of the bakery manufacturer Nutriart...
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U.S. to Seek Data Protection for EU Citizens
(AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Obama administration will seek to introduce legislation granting European citizens the same privacy protection rights available to U.S. citizens, when...
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EURES: EU Job Tool Relaunched; 1,400 Jobs Available in Greece
The new, improved version of EURES, the online recruitment platform by the European Commission was released. EURES’ main objective is to offer the best services to those who wish to work within the...
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The New European Commission
Former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday presented the names of the 27 people he wants to work with in the new European Commission. Juncker, 59, who is also a former Eurogroup...
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The Faces of Juncker’s New European Commission: INFOGRAPHIC
Today, President-elect Juncker unveiled his team and the new shape of the next European Commission. After the European Union has come through one of the most testing periods in its history, one of the...
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European Commission: Indebtedness in Greece Stands at Same Levels
The quarterly report of the Directorate General for Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Commission released on Tuesday, refers to an increase in household indebtedness in several member...
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EU Votes to End Scourge of Plastic Bags
EU countries would have to reduce the use of the common, polluting plastic carrier bags, under draft rules informally agreed between MEPs and the Italian Presidency of the Council on Monday and...
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EU Plans New Strategy to Address Migrant Smuggling
The European Commission representative, Natasha Bertaud, reiterated the organization’s intention to announce a new complete strategy to combat migrant smuggling in Europe, in the near future. Bertaud...
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European Commission Takes Measures to Tackle Migration, Actions Against Human...
The European Commission is planning to take a series of measures in order to deal with illegal migration and take strong actions against human smugglers. Ii is estimated that in the first four months...
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European Commission Picks Greek Design for Special Euro Coin
A special two-euro coin designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos of the Bank of Greece (BoG) was picked by 30% of 100,000 voters in an online European Commission competition to celebrate the 30th...
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EU’s Refugee Relocation Plans Desperately Need a Reality Check
By Katharine Jones, Coventry University The European Commission has announced that it will embark on an unprecedented mandatory emergency “relocation” of 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean refugees. The...
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Here’s How the EU Plans to Strengthen Europe’s Monetary Union
Today, the five Presidents – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, together with the President of the Euro Summit, Donald Tusk, the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the...
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