Taiwan Film Festival

29/10/201530/10/2015 ENstaff Michalis Kakoyiannis Foundation, Taipei, Taipei Representative Office, Taiwan, Taiwan Film Festival

The Taipei Representative Office in Greece and the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation present the Taiwan Film Festival.

culture events

Japan-Greece: Meeting through music and poetry

28/10/2015 ENstaff culture, Greece, Greek-Japanese Association, haiku, Japan, poetry

The Japanese Embassy in cooperation with the Greek-Japanese Association organise a concert entitled “Japan-Greece: Meeting through music and poetry” devoted to traditional Japanese poetry haiku, and Japanese compositions and contemporary Greek and foreign artists. The concert will take place at the Auditorium of the Institute of Fine Arts & Music B & M Theocharakis on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 8.30pm.

culture events

Masterclass for Young Filmmakers by Bobby Roth

28/10/201528/10/2015 ENstaff Director, Lost, Masterclass, US Embassy

With the support of the U.S. Embassy Athens, “Lost” director, Bobby Roth, visits Greece for the first time.

foreign affairs

Foreign Minister Kotzias to meet with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

27/10/201530/10/2015 ENstaff Foreign Affairs, Foreign Ministry, Germany, Greece

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will meet with Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at 14:00 on

in brief

Deputy FM Mardas meets with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Tong

27/10/201527/10/2015 ENstaff business, economy, Foreign Ministry, US

Deputy Foreign Minister for International Economic Relations, Dimitris Mardas, met at the Foreign Ministry today with the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for economic and business affairs, Kurt Tong.

Refugees cross the hungarian border from Serbia, on september 12, 2015. Thousands of refugees, most of them from Syria, cross this border everyday with the hope to reach european countries like Sweden or Germany. The next step for them will be to register in Hungary before continuing their long journey.

european union foreign affairs

EU’s real divide on refugee-migrant crisis

27/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff crisis, EU, European Parliament, European Union, migrants, refugees

The real divide revealed by today’s migration challenges to the EU is between “pros”, who want to use the EU to solve these challenges, and “antis”, who want to use them to dissolve the EU.

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events

President Pavlopoulos and Minister Kammenos attend commemoration ceremony at Fort Roupel

27/10/201528/10/2015 ENstaff Defence, Greece, Ministry of National Defence

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the Political and Military Leadership of the Ministry of National Defence attended the commemoration ceremony that was held at Fort Roupel.

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european union foreign affairs

Refugee crisis: EU & Balkan leaders agree on 17-point plan of action

26/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff Balkans, EU, migrants, refugee crisis

Leaders representing Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia met in Brussels at the Commission’s HQ and agreed to improve cooperation and step up consultation between the countries along the route and decided on pragmatic operational measures that can be implemented as of tomorrow to tackle the refugee crisis in the region.

Photo: © Europen Parliament/P.Naj-Oleari
pietro.naj-oleari@europarl.europa.eu

econ/biz european union foreign affairs

European Commission grants additional € 5.9 million to Greece as emergency funding

26/10/201531/10/2015 ENstaff Aegean, European Commission, funding, islands, refugee crisis

The European Commission has awarded € 5.9 million of emergency assistance from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to Greeceto support the country in coping with the high number of arrivals of migrants and refugees on the Eastern Aegean islands.

in brief

The EEA Grants rolls the streets of Athens

24/10/2015 ENstaff Bodossaki Foundation, EEA Grants, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, We are all Citizens

Norway, together with Iceland and Liechtenstein, contributes €7.3 million to support Greek civil society.

interviews people

Ambassador of Norway:”The challenge for the Greek economy is its competitive edge and its business climate” [interview]

07/06/2016 ENstaff

The Ambassador of Norway in Athens, His Excellency Jørn Eugene Gjelstad, spoke to EmbassyNews.net and commented on the current developments in Greek and European politics, the economy and the refugee crisis.