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Prime minister Alexis Tsipras visits Brussels for the European Council and Asia-Europe meetings
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Brussels on Wednesday for the proceedings of the European Council meeting and ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting).
Kyriakos Mitsotakis slams government over the state of the economy adressing EU diplomats
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis criticized the current state of the economy and outlined the main opposition’s program during a working brunch for EU member-states’ diplomatic representations in Athens. The event was hosted at the Austrian ambassador’s residence.
Alexis Tsipras to host the 3rd European Union-Arab World Summit in Athens this October
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will host “3rd EU-Arab World Summit: Shared Horizons”, taking place on October 29 and 30 at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) in Athens.
Greece remains first in the absorption of EU funds, says commissioner Corina Cretu to Alexis Tsipras
European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu congratulated the Greek government during her meeting on Wednesday with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis slams government for misuse of EU funds for the Moria hotspot
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday criticized the government for a series of failures, as he called them, in several sectors starting with the handling of the migrant issue and its funding.
Tsipras proposes the creation of a European Civil Protection Mechanism, from Salzburg
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday called for the creation of a European Civil Protection Mechanism having its own staff, equipment and resources, during his intervention at the plenary session of the Informal European Summit in Salzburg, Austria according to government sources.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis to participate in the European People’s Party summit in Salzburg, Austria
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will participate in the works of the European People’s Party (EPP) summit in Salzburg, Austria.
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras meets with commissioner Pierre Moscovici, other European officials
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a series of meetings with top European officials in Strasbourg on Tuesday. After speaking at European Parliament, Tsipras met with the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici.
Jean-Claude Juncker adresses Europarliament: We must all hail Greece’s herculean efforts
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday praised Greece’s Herculean efforts, while addressing the European Parliament.
Tsipras adresses Europarliament: “Greece has made it; Three years later, it is a different country”
“Greece has made it. Three years later, it is part of the solution and not the problem. This is a success of the Greek people,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday addressing the Europarliament plenary.