College Year in Athens / DIKEMES organise a panel discussion on “Greece and the EU: State of Play and Future Prospects” on Wednesday November 11, 2015 (7.00 pm) at DIKEMES Auditorium, 5 Plateia Stadiou (Kallimarmaro).
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Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, in his remarks concerning current political affairs, with emphasis on the migration/refugee issue, at the 12th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Nov-6), inter alia stressed: Despite the ongoing financial and social constraints facing my country, our public opinion has been sympathetic to and supportive of the refugees in a manner that corresponds to our culture and values…
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Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, will travel to Ukraine and Georgia next week. The visits are part of a broader tour of the partner countries of the Eastern Partnership.
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EP President Martin Schulz travelled yesterday [Nov-5] to the Greek island of Lesvos in order to visit a refugee registration and identification centre where almost 2,500 people are recorded on a daily basis. Speaking at the so-called hotspot at Moria, he said: “We must urgently reinforce efforts to complete hotspots. To be effective, however, all member states must take part in the relocation.”
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EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in his remarks in Athens marking the first flight from Greece under the EU Relocation Scheme said: Firstly let me tell you that, as Commissioner for Migration in the European Commission, I feel today both moved and pleased…
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“The Aegean Sea does not only wash ashore bodies of children, but it washes ashore the EU culture,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Parliament on Friday. “I feel ashamed by Europe’s inability to deal effectively with this drama,” added the prime minister, noting that he also feels ashamed by the discussion made at summit level…
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Following a meeting at the foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó discussed…
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As commercial services using drones take off and their recreational use becomes ever more popular, it must be ensured that they pose no threat to public safety or personal privacy, said MEPs in a resolution passed today [Oct 29] at the initiative of the Transport Committee.
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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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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.
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