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The European Commission’s Vice President and Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia is expected to visit Athens on Thursday, in order to participate...

The European Commission announced on Thursday that Greek defense industry LARKO must return an estimated 136 million euros it received in state...

The Ministry of Finances announced that the “Xisto” scratch cards are set to return on the 1st of May, after coming to an agreement with the lottery joint...

SYRIZA’s MEP Nikos Hountis addressed the European Commission about the dire condition of the public healthcare system on the Greek islands and has...

According to exclusive information made available to To Vima, the troika representative of the European Commission Matthias Mors informed his supervisors...

Despite the optimistic comments of various Ministers that the critical negotiations with the troika would be complete by Monday evening, the optimism gave way to ...

According to an unnamed Ministry of Finances officer “there are still issues that could block the deal”, following an 11-hour marathon meeting with the ...

Four days have been left for the Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras to come to an agreement with the EU, ECB and IMF representatives, after the ...

The European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn gave an interview to the Austrian public broadcasting service, where he opined that the Greek ...

The European Commission is expected to submit a new report containing its prediction for the progress of EU member (and perspective members) economies today, where it will revise its estimation of the Greek economy in 2013, 2014 and 2015. According to the last Commission report on the European economies, which was published in November 2013, […]

Based on the data available from the European Commission’s detailed average price report for November 2013, Greek consumers pay far higher prices for goods and services than other European people. The excessive prices can be attributed to the fact that the income of the Greek consumer has dropped by about 30% in recent years, while […]

The European Commissioner for Human Rights has demanded from the Greek EU presidency to take initiatives to address the refugee situation, while expressing its concern about the allegations of refugees illegally being pushed back into Turkey. The Commissioner maintains that Syrian asylum seekers who reach the borders of EU member states are under the responsibility […]

The former Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou claimed that the participation of the IMF in the first Greek rescue package was enforced by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel because “she did not trust the Commission”. According to Ta Nea, Mr. Papandreou made the remarkable claim in London, at a conference organized by the London School of […]

The Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem expressed his disappointment that the troika has not yet completed its review in Greece and stressed the need for the Greek government and troika negotiations to complete as soon as possible, so that the troika may return to Athens. Mr. Dijsselbloem noted that more work needed to be done before […]

The president of SYRIZA and leader of the opposition Alexis Tsipras has formally requested from the President of Parliament Evangelos Meimarakis to arrange a joint meeting of the parliamentary committees on European Affairs and Transparency. Mr. Tsipras explained in his letter that the meeting is necessary, ahead of the visit of European Commissioners Othmar Karas […]

The European Commissioner for the Internal Market Michel Barnier expressed his opinion that the Greek economy will not only recover, but that Greece will also be amongst those in a most advantageous position. Mr. Barnier, who spoke to Acheloos TV, offered his support and solidarity to the Greek people, while maintaining that in order to […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to be in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Tuesday, to sign the final investment agreement that will supply the TAP with natural gas from the Shah Deniz II gas field. Mr. Samaras’ presence, amidst critical troika negotiations, reflects the importance of the upcoming Southern Corridor (which includes […]

Alexis Tsipras was elected with a resounding 84.1% rate at the fourth convention of the European Left Party as the party’s candidate in the upcoming race for the European Commission presidency. Mr. Tsipras stressed that while he recognizes that he represents Greece and the European South, he has committed to representing all European people. The […]

The leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras is trying to overcome the internal conflict in his party regarding Greece’s position in Europe and the Eurozone, by preparing for his trip to Madrid for the conference of the Party of the European Left, where he will formally be anointed as candidate for the presidency of the European […]

Officers from the European Commission have expressed their concern over the delays they have noted in the preparation for the Greek EU presidency which is scheduled to commence in January 2014. The Zappeio Hall, which will host the College of 28 Commissioners, has not yet been improved, while the Presidency Office only just began to […]