After 47 years of membership and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum, the UK has officially left the European Union. The historic moment happened at…
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In its press announcement yesterday, the European Parliament confirmed that the Constitutional Affairs Committee will vote on its recommendation on the UK withdrawal agreement, today, Thursday afternoon. Following a debate and vote,…
North Macedonia is expected to go to the polls on 12 April following the resignation of the government of Zoran Zaev with a caretaker government to take over under the leadership of…
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has released the latest figures concerning the arrivals of migrants and refugees to Greece for the period 30 December 2019 – 05…
On the occasion of International Migrant’s Day last month, the European Commission launched an online, international ‘Migration’ Atlas with data for 198 countries and territories worldwide. The initiative will give citizens an…
The European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen President for the next European Commission in a secret ballot yesterday, 16 July with 383 votes in favour. Ursula von der Leyen is set…
Parisians were left devastated after a massive blaze engulfed the city’s historical Notre Dame Cathedral. The fire burned for several hours Monday, causing the collapse of the cathedral’s iconic spire and the…
In efforts to boost border safety and prevent terrorists and criminals from entering the European Union with forged documents, EU lawmakers approved new rules aimed at establishing a uniform identity card format across all…
Alternate Foreign Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou, declared on Tuesday that Greece was sufficiently prepared for the consequences of a possible disorderly UK Brexit. The minister made the comments at the end of Tuesday’s…
The European Parliament adopted a resolution that set out the criteria FYROM and Albania need to meet, so that accession talks can commence in June 2019 whilst also calling on Hungary to…
Turkey has scored poorly in the ‘freedom’ stakes according to Freedom House, an independent watchdog organisation that analyses the challenges to freedom, advocates for greater political rights and civil liberties, and supports…
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy, Greece’s main opposition party vowed on Saturday that he will not be voting for the so-called Prespes Agreement which Greece signed with FYROM in negotiating a…
The European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday praised Greece’s Herculean efforts, while addressing the European Parliament where Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also gave a speech about his government’s efforts and…
Greece’s Prime Minister is in Strasburg to address the European Parliament today on his vision for Europe. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will address the Euro-parliament plenary in the presence of European Commission…
According to Belgium business newspaper “L’Echo” sources from the country’s Ministry of Finance say that Belgium is preparing to pay Greece a total of 221.8 million euros as part of the European…
Greeks spend more time at work than most of their fellow Europeans, while Germans spend the least, the RND German media group reported on Monday, citing official data. According to new figures…
Global markets are selling off following the collapse of the Turkish lira, which fell almost 9% in early trading on Monday and the euro hit a one-year low as investors fear that…