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"I hope the procedures to have been completed before the end of May," said Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem addressing on Thursday the European Parliament during a debate on the Greek program. On his part European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici noted that...

The president of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella, will be declared honorary citizen of Athens on Friday. He will also hold meetings with political leaders. “We believe Greece has done a lot and now it is...

  "Athens is for me the symbol of Democracy and I am proud of my declaration as an honorary citizen of this city next Friday," stated Gianni Pittella, the president of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament on...

Federalizing the European Union, creating a multi-speed bloc or reducing the union to a single market vehicle. Those are some options proposed on the future of the European Union in a White Paper by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The...

"Anyone who turns Europe and Germany against each other commits a sin against the future of our country. It is not a wise thing to reiterate the discussion about Greece's exit from the eurozone...We must stand up with determination...

The European Parliament got a rare treat when a student from the Music School Chania Giorgos Papageorgiou played his lyre during a presentation about Greece and the island of Crete. The student, a young man named George, appeared alongside two other students,...

On Tuesday the European Parliament and European Council negotiators created a set of new rules to apply to EU citizens accessing subscriptions for online content when they are traveling or temporarily staying in another EU country. Currently EU citizens are...

Antonio Tajani, the new European Parliament President, has stated in the past that he is an avid admirer of ancient Greek Civilization and speaks ancient Greek. The Italian conservative politician and member of the European People's Party won Tuesday's election...

European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Thursday said he fully understood the reasons that led the Greek government to announce social welfare measures for poor pensioners, in statements during a press conference at the European Council in Brussels. Schulz said...

According to Reuters, on Thursday members of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of an immediate temporary halt to EU-membership talks with Turkey, urging the European Commission and national governments to freeze the ongoing negotiations until further notice. The...