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Die Welt: Greeks Bring the Upside Down

After the creditors’ instructions, the Greeks bring the upside down. Wherever you turn in Athens you will find something changing either in everyday life, or in the public sector. The German newspaper Die Welt chose 50 characteristic changes. Here are...

One Art Exhibition, Two EU Presidencies

An art exhibition will connect the two EU presidencies, the Greek presidency that has just started and will last until June and the Italian, which will start in the second half of 2014. The exhibition will first take place...

Protest in Athens as EU Marks Greek Presidency

Bailout recipient Greece has ceremonially assumed the European Union's six-month presidency amid praise for its reform efforts from visiting senior EU officials. The visit took place during an Athens wide ban on protests. Several hundred Greek leftists defied the ban...

Greek Presidency Offers No Perks for Visiting Civil Servants

Crisis-ridden Greece took over the reins of the European Union (1 January) with a record low budget dedicated to its EU presidency of €50 million set as the “absolute maximum” the presidency is planning to spend in the forthcoming...

Schaeuble: 'Europe Won't Abandon Greece'

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble stated on Monday that Europe won't abandon the Greek people and that the assumption of the EU presidency is a great opportunity for the country. According to the German politician, the EU presidency will offer Greece...

Greece to Take on EU Presidency with Smaller Budget

Greece will spend no more than 50 million euros to host the six-month rotating European Union presidency, which it will assume in January, Parliament was told. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulos told the House's European affairs committee that the government...

Greece To Have Cut-Rate EU Presidency

While the murder of an anti-fascist hip-hop artist spread social unrest already brewing over austerity measures led to concern that Greece couldn't handle the upcoming symbolic six-month rotating European Union Presidency on Jan. 1, the government has decided to...

German MP’s Don’t Want EU Greek Presidency

Two German MP's of the ruling party, citing the high cost, asked for Greece’s resignation from the EU presidency. "Greece should resign from its scheduled presidency for 2014," the two MP's of the CDU and FDP parties said, arguing that...

Cyprus Sparks Controversy as EU's Next President

Cyprus took over the European Union presidency Sunday for the next six months. The island's own financial difficulties and its location in the eastern Mediterranean are expected to sharpen the bloc's focus on the eurozone debt crisis and on...