After much objection, the European Commission was pulled back its ban on small glass bottles used for serving olive oil in many restaurants across Europe, initially imposed for fear that refillable bottles cannot ensure the quality of the product. An EU executive had said that from next year restaurant customers would use olive oil from [...]
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West Macedonia First in 2012 EU Youth Unemployment
The European Statistic System Eurostat brought to light data concerning unemployment in the EU regions for the year 2012, on May 22. According to Eurostat, the region of West Macedonia is the fifth region in the EU with the highest unemployment rate (92,9%) and the first in the EU concerning youth unemployment, among people from [...]
Greek Seas Among Cleanest in Europe
This year’s European Environment Agency’s report on the cleanliness of European bathing waters, reaffirms the excellent bathing water quality in Greece. The report was released on May 21 in Brussels. According to the report, the Greek bathing waters rank fifth in cleanliness in Europe, with a quality rate of 93,3%. Cyprus and Luxembourg stand out, [...]
RLF’s Survey on Grexit
A recent survey conducted by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation supported that the EU should allow countries in trouble to exit the Eurozone. The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, founded in Berlin in 1990, is a German think tank associated with the German political party Die Linke (The Left). The survey’s objective was to examine the reasons of [...]
Ban on Restaurant Refillable Olive Oil Bottles
The European Union is going to ban small glass bottles used for serving olive oil in many restaurants across Europe, with the thought that refillable bottles cannot ensure the quality of the product. As ekathimerini reported, the EU executive said that from next year restaurant customers will use olive oil from non-refillable bottles with proper [...]
EU Court: Greece Must Pay
On May 18, the European Court rejected Greece’s appeal against an older decision of the European Committee, through which certain Greek expenses, made in the framework of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, were excluded from EU funding. The total amount rises to 260 million euros [...]
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05 / 23 New Bridge Between Turkey and Greece
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05 / 23 Post-Byzantine Art At Budapest University
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05 / 23 EU Withdraws Ban On Olive Oil Bottles
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05 / 23 Georges Moustaki Dies at 79
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05 / 22 Greek Participation in Vienna’s Long Night of Churches
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08 / 04 Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Reportedly Claims Olympic Flame is Turkish
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01 / 24 Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
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07 / 28 IOC President Jacques Rogge Calls London Home of The Olympics; Forgets Greece
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 22 Philip II of Macedonia Statue in Skopje Defies NATO
