The European Commission highlighted improvements in Greece’s situation in 2023 regarding areas such as debt, unemployment, and non-performing loans, emphasizing that deep structural imbalances have now become regular imbalances. According to the official report, Greece, along with Italy, is now found to be experiencing imbalances after experiencing excessive imbalances until last year as vulnerabilities have […]

The Commission has ruled that Booking is a "gatekeeper" and must comply with the Digital Marketing Act, addressing complaints by the European Hotel Industry and Hellenic Chamber of Hotels

The European Commission is referring Greece to the Court of Justice of the European Union due to payment practices by Greek public hospitals towards their suppliers that are in breach of the Late Payments Directive

Brussels probes 'addictive effect' of new tailor-made platform for France, Spain; suspects lack of a TikTok age verification mechanism

What the Vice-President of the European Commission, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Yurova, said at her meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Prime Minister's official residence

Local authorities in the far north of Norway, close to the North Pole, and on the border to Russia, have filed an unusual request to the EU Commission. They have asked for permission to establish a new time zone where the day has 26 hours instead of the usual 24.

Last year,  over half a million (504,002) hectares, an area twice the size of Luxembourg, was scorched by wildfires, according to an advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2023 published today by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). The report shows that fires intensified during summer 2023, affecting mostly the Mediterranean […]

Gentiloni praised the Greek PM for the "economic success story"

EU Commissioner Iliana Ivanova conveyed Brussels' positive views on landmark legislation in reply to tabled question by two Communist Party MEPs

The European Commission is opening an investigation into Chinese wind-turbine suppliers operating in Spain, Greece, France, Romania and Bulgaria, competition chief Margarethe Vestager said on Tuesday. “We are launching a new inquiry into Chinese suppliers of wind turbines. We are investigating the conditions for the development of wind parks in Spain, in Greece, in France, […]

Commissioner Ferreira will be visiting Athens, Patras, Megalopolis, and Tripolis, to review cohesion policy-supported projects

The request comes as virtually all Greek businesses are now mandated to install POS devices and business owners, particularly those selling low-cost products, complain that commissions eat up their profit margins

European Commission says Greece is moving ahead with the implementation of key investments and reforms according to its National Recovery and Resilience Plan

Her political group, the center-right European People's Party (EPP), is expected to affirm her bid in March during a meeting

Today, the European Commission proposes to allow EU farmers to avail of derogations for the year 2024 from Common Agricultural Policy rules obliging them to keep certain areas non-productive. The Commission’s proposal, sent today to Member States who will vote on it in a committee meeting, provides a first concrete policy response to address farmers’ […]

However, the Commission warned about the need for balance, emphasizing that substantial wage hikes, without parallel productivity gains, could adversely impact competitiveness across Europe

Former President of the Council of State Irene Evelyn Michaela Mary Sharpe takes the helm from Ioannis Lianos

Commission disburses payments to Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility

According to afp, the 98-year-old Delors died in his sleep at his Paris home on Wednesday, in quoting his daughter.