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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to meet with the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė (11.12.2013)

admin — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:59:08 +0000

Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras will meet tomorrow (11.12.2013) in Athens with the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė.

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Meeting of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with the College of Commissioners in Brussels (4.12.2013)

admin — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:59:42 +0000

A delegation of members of the Greek government, led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met yesterday (4.12.2013) in Brussels with the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. In joint statements, following a series of meetings with the College of Commissioners ahead of Greece's Presidency in January 2014, José Manuel Barroso welcomed the next Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU commencing on 01/01/2014 as a great opportunity for the country, noting that the Commission would offer all its support to make it a success.

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Greek Presidency priorities presented at EPC Breakfast Policy Briefing in Brussels (29.11.2013)

admin — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:33:18 +0000

The priorities of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union were presented by Greece’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Theodoros Sotiropoulos, at the European Policy Center (EPC) in Brussels, on 29 November 2013.

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Meeting of Directors General for Industrial Relations

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:57:58 +0000

The Directors General for Industrial Relations of the EU Member States will hold their biannual meeting in Athens, on Friday, November 29, 2013.

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Logo Presentation of the Greek Presidency 2014 of the European Union

admin — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:34:36 +0000

Each country holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union selects its own presidency logo, which serves as an integral visual symbol for the Presidency: a defining feature of each Presidency’s identity and a statement conveying its message to Europe and the world. The logo and the associated graphic design work will feature in the Presidency’s publications and online presence, in decorations in the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels and in venues that will host official presidency events.

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Europe: our common quest - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos presents the logo of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union

admin — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:41:38 +0000

Secretary Generals, Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you to this event in view of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is the fifth presidency that the Hellenic Republic is undertaking, since its accession to the then European Communities.

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Greece’s Past EU Presidencies

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:13:46 +0000

The Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins on 1 January 2014, is Greece’s fifth since its accession to the then European Economic Community (EEC), in 1981. In contrast to the previous Presidency – from January to June 2003 – which added another milestone in the EU’s enlargement process with the accession of 10 new member states, the next one comes at a turning point, as most of Europe has been grappling with years of financial and economic crisis, recession and unemployment.

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Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met with his Romanian counterpart ahead of the upcoming Greek presidency of the EU (Athens, 15.11.2013)

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:50:00 +0000

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met with Romania’s Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean, in Athens, on 15 November 2013.

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Seven points about the provisional website

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:27:14 +0000

The provisional website of the upcoming Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union will function until mid-December 2013, when it will be replaced by its final version.

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Greek PM Samaras at European leaders Conference on youth unemployment (Paris, 12.11.2013)

admin — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:00:00 +0000

Upon the invitation of French President François Hollande, twenty four European leaders participated, on Tuesday 12 November 2013, at a Conference in Paris in order to discuss the issue of youth unemployment, which has been pointed out as one of the most pressing problems that Europe currently faces.

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Priorities of the Greek presidency to be discussed at the Breakfast Policy Briefing of the EPC (Brussels, 29.11.2013)

admin — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:31:19 +0000

Ambassador Theodoros Sotiropoulos, Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union has been invited to discuss the priorities of the Greek Presidency of the EU on Friday, 29 November 2013 in Brussels, during the Breakfast Policy Briefing, organised by the prestigious think tank European Policy Centre (EPC). Janis Emmanouilidis, Director of Studies at the EPC will be among the speakers.

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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Malta and Italy for joint action on illegal immigration

admin — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:17:10 +0000

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras visited Malta and Italy on Monday 21 October 2013 as part of an initiative focusing on illegal immigration. His visit was held in the light of the upcoming Greek EU Presidency in January 2014, to be followed by the Italian one on the second semester of 2014.

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Tepsa Pre-presidency Conference, Athens 10-11.10.2013

admin — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:23:21 +0000

The pre-presidency Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) conference, organized in view of the upcoming Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union by TEPSA and the Greek Centre of European Studies and Research (EKEME), with the support of the European Commission Representation in Greece, was held in Athens between 10 and 11 October 2013 under the title “To overcome the crisis, the EU must move ahead”.

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Greek Cabinet approves Presidency’s top priorities

admin — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:00:00 +0000

In a period when unemployment has reached record-high rates in most EU member-states, affecting especially the young, growth cannot but figure as a matter of overriding importance for the Greek Presidency.

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