Margaritis Schinas
Diaspora
Greece Honors Distinguished Hellenes of the Diaspora
Greece honored eight distinguished figures of the Greek diaspora for excellence in their fields and promoting Greece abroad in an event on Thursday in Athens.
The third edition of the annual Argo Awards, held under the auspices of President Katerina...
Europe
Europe Responds to Turkey: Sorry to Disappoint, But This is Our Way of Life!
The European Union responded to Turkey on Sunday after Erdogan’s communications director accused Europe of intimidating Muslims.
“Europe is an increasingly dangerous place for Muslims,” Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director said in a series of tweets...
Greece
Border Crisis: EU Presents Immediate Measures to Support Greece
The European Commission presented on Wednesday the immediate measures the Union will put into force in order to assist Greece due to the extraordinary situation along its external borders with Turkey.
Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life,...
Greece
Next EU Commission VP Schinas Declares Brussels' Main Priority is Migration
Margaritis Schinas, the next Vice President of the European Commission, said on Thursday that a new, integrated, coherent and sustainable European policy on handling refugees and migrants will be the main priority for the von der Leyen administration.
The VP...
Europe
Controversial Portfolio Name for Greece’s New EU Commission VP Changed
The name of the portfolio assigned to the new Vice President of the European Commission, Greece's Margaritis Schinas, will change its controversial name, it was made public on Wednesday.
This comes after widespread criticism across the Union that the original...
Greece
EU Commission President-Elect Defends Title of Schinas' Portfolio
Ursula von der Leyen, the President-elect of the European Commission, sent an open letter to Europe's largest newspapers on Monday in which she defended her decision to name incoming Vice President Margaritis Schinas' portfolio as ''Protecting the European Way of Life.''
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1173592048873758722
Von...
Greece
Name of New EU Vice President Schinas' Portfolio Draws Sharp Criticism Across Europe
When it was announced on Tuesday that Greece will be among the few EU member states holding one of the Vice Presidencies of the next European Commission, nearly everyone across Greece's political spectrum was pleased.
The appointment marks the first...
Greece
Greece's Margaritis Schinas Named Vice President of New EU Commission
Greece's Margaritis Schinas will become the next Vice President of the European Commission, with responsibility for the portfolio called ''Protecting the European Way of Life,'' it was announced on Tuesday.
According to the statement, which was released by Ursula von...
Greece
Speculation over Greek EU Commissioner's Portfolio Intensifies
Speculation over the specific portfolio which will be taken on by Greece's next European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas has intensified over the last several days, with conflicting information coming out of Brussels.
According to information published recently by the Cypriot News Agency,...
Diplomacy
Margaritis Schinas Appointed as Greece's New European Commissioner
The Greek government announced on Thursday that Margaritis Schinas will be Greece's new European Commissioner during Ursula von der Leyen's Presidency of the European Commission.
The announcement put an end to speculation over who would replace Dimitris Avramopoulos, the current...