Europe

Early in the afternoon of Sept 17, the Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras held a meeting with the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso as part of the series of contacts he is making in Brussels,...

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,...

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has written Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades that the island's beleaguered government won't be getting any more financial aid beyond the 10 billion euros ($13 billion) pledged by international lenders, which includes the European...

Primates of the Orthodox Churches of the Middle East met with the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels in order to discuss the burning issue of the turmoil in Syria. Accompanied by the former Vice Chairperson...

The United States National Security Agency has been massively targeting phone numbers of top German ministers and public officials responsible for commerce, finances, economics and agriculture – including even Angela Merkel's personal assistant, WikiLeaks said. The site published a list of...

The differences between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM) on the latter's name must be "resolved urgently," participants at an EU-Western Balkans meeting in Berlin agreed on Thursday. The meeting was organized by Germany and sought to...

AP - The European Parliament has elected former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the new leader of the 28-nation bloc's executive arm. Lawmakers in Strasbourg on Tuesday voted 422-250 for the 59-year-old who will take over as European Commission...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday picked former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to become the bloc's new chief executive despite Britain's outspoken opposition, further alienating the U.K. from its continental partners. With the move, the EU leaders...

Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras is travelling to Paris today, in order to participate in the second European summit that will take place in the capital of France. The subject that will be discussed in the summit, is the...

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...

It's a fact.  Greek political leaders have struggled to clinch an agreement on 11.5 billion euro ($14 billion) package of budget cuts that may determine whether the country remains in the euro. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partners...

Key European leaders are calling for much tighter central control of spending by the 17 countries that use the euro in the latest effort to resolve the continent's unrelenting debt crisis. Four officials produced the plan Tuesday - European Council...

European finance ministers are discussing how to tackle Europe's sovereign debt and banking crisis during a two-day meeting in Luxembourg.   The talks begin a series of critical economic meetings. The eurozone finance ministers have plenty on their plate in talks...

The brochure for this year’s European Week in Hamburg (May 2-14) includes – not surprisingly – an article on Greece’s finances and the effort to escape the crisis. During European Week, there will be a series of events, lectures...

The recent meeting between the Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and the FYROM Prime Minister in Brussels had an informative and serious character, as it addressed some aspects of the name issue, imposed by the southern neighbour, Premier Nikola...