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Greece
EU Commissioner Blasts Greek Health Minister for Smoking in Public
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety launched a verbal attack on Monday against Greek deputy health minister Pavlos Polakis for smoking in public.
Vytenis Andrikaitis, who is visiting Athens, held up a 2016 photo of Polakis smoking during a press conference in...
Greece
Greek Government Nominates minister Mouzalas as Human Rights Commissioner
The Greek government has announced the nomination of Migrant Policy Minister Yannis Mouzalas as EU Human Rights commissioner, a nomination with "high symbolism", it notes.
According to the Foreign Ministry announcement, the Greek government considers this nomination highly symbolic, at...
Greece
Dimitris Avramopoulos Resigns as ND Deputy Leader
Greece’s EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos resigned as New Democracy (ND) vice-president on Sunday.
Dimitris Avramopoulos said, “It is time to bridge the faction’s generations.” He added that he would continue to focus on European...
Greece
EU Commissioner to Greek President: The Most Critical Years Since the Establishment of EU
The critical challenges the European Union is currently facing as well as the importance of the role he has undertaken were centered in the meeting between the European Union Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship under the Juncker...
Economy
Damanaki Says Minimum Wage Cut Seen
After hoping to quash speculation that the government would again lower Greece's minimum wagem which has already been cut 22 percent to 586 euros ($777) a month before taxes, the European Union's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki...