Strasbourg
Europe
Greek and Cypriot MEPs Describe Chaos After Strasbourg Attack
Greek and Cypriot Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) used their social media accounts to describe the chaos that followed the horrific terrorist attack in the city of Strasbourg yesterday.
Strasbourg is the city near the German border where the European Parliament's...
Europe
Gunman at Large after Three Killed in Strasbourg Shooting (video)
Hundreds of police officers are searching for a gunman after three people were killed and twelve others wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.
The suspect, who is known to security services, escaped after exchanging fire...
Greece
Mitsotakis Interview: Over-taxation in Greece is Surreal
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Strasbourg, where he had meetings with leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), his New Democracy party's political family and gave an interview to EUobserver.
Mitsotakis argued that by agreeing a €5-billion economy...
Economy
Tsipras: 'We Need a New Social Contract in Europe'
The European Union needs to return to its founding principles, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday while addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) plenum in Strasbourg, following a series of meetings with Council...
Economy
Schulz Urges for a Swift Completion of Greece’s Program Review
Greece and the institutions must stick to the agreement reached last July and the country’s program review must conclude as soon as possible, the head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said on Thursday, after a meeting with Greek...
Greece
New Democracy Head Samaras to Meet with European Leaders in Strasbourg
Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras is scheduled to depart for Strasbourg on Tuesday, after attending a memorial service for the late Greek statesman Constantine Karamanlis.
Samaras will attend and speak at a regular session of the European People's...
Environment
EU Votes to End Scourge of Plastic Bags
EU countries would have to reduce the use of the common, polluting plastic carrier bags, under draft rules informally agreed between MEPs and the Italian Presidency of the Council on Monday and confirmed by the member states’ permanent representatives...
Greece
Greece Condemned for Inhumane Detention Conditions
The Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has condemned Greece for the inhumane detention conditions that asylum applicants and political refugees are being subjected to.
In 2010 an Iranian journalist, who was forced to leave his country after arrest and...
Economy
Barroso: Impressive Changes in Greece
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, characterized the financial changes and reforms made over the last three years in Greece as really impressive.
At the beginning of his speech before the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg,...
Education
EU Court Blasts Greece on Roma
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which is based in Strasbourg, France, condemned Greece for violating the European Convention on Human Rights provisions about the right to education.
The case, Lavida and Others v. Greece concerning, according to the...