European Council

The Council’s agenda will include critical issues amid developments in the Middle East, as well as the ongoing Ukraine-Russian war.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Russian forces continue their offensive, targeting villages in the industrial Donbas region and launching airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as winter intensifies.

The statement came in light of remarks by government officials in Skopje, including Prime Minister Mickoski and President Davkova who said they would continue to refer to their country as “Macedonia”

The Council adopted 10 legislative acts that reform the European framework for asylum and migration management.

Preventive measures aim to raise awareness about the root causes of violence against women and domestic violence while emphasizing the importance of consent in sexual relationships, all in pursuit of a safer future.

European Council President Charles Michel replies to question by To Vima in an interview to a selected group of media to mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, shortly after midnight following the conclusion of the first day of the Summit stated “The sanctions against Iran are a clear message that we want to send.”

Α reference to EU-Türkiye (Turkey) relations and the Cyprus problem will be included in the European Council’s conclusions, according to a draft seen by To Vima. More specifically, the draft mentions that, in recalling its previous conclusions, that the European Council remains fully committed to a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem within the UN […]

The law aims to improve the investigation and prosecution of environmental crime, to define new types of criminal offenses, and to harmonize penalties to individuals and legal persons

The news comes after months of strikes and protests by farmers across Europe

The European Health Data Space agreement is expected to improve healthcare services in the EU and make data more accessible for research and public health efforts

The Operation Commander will be Commodore Vasilios Griparis, and the Force Commander will be Rear Admiral Stefano Costantino, while the headquarters will be based in Larissa, Greece

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

The plan was announced last week but must still get support from the European Council and pass through the European Parliament

The unseen Greek heroes of the Summits talk to To Vima about European leaders and their peccadilloes, but also about moments they’d prefer to forget

The latest round of sanctions adds an additional 61 persons and 86 entities to the EU's existing list

A year before the end of the mandate, we met European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas at his second home, the press room, in front of the stage where in 2015 he had to fight diplomatically for his country when Greece was about to be kicked out of the Eurozone. He stresses to “To Vima” […]

The European Council on 14-15 December will have a very dense and packed agenda. In terms of security and geopolitics, there is no indication currently that the Gaza war will have been terminated. Rather, an escalation of the conflict is feared with more humanitarian suffering and pleas for help. The European response to the ongoing […]