The European Commission has referred the Greek state to the European Court because of its long-standing practice of paying off its commitments to its citizens and suppliers whenever it wishes. The cause is a long-term delay in paying the hospitals’ commitments, which total 1.3 billion euros.
Greece’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the far-right party Spartiates (Spartans) will be excluded from the upcoming European parliament elections.
The European Commission has taken action against Greece and Cyprus for their failure to properly implement rules aimed at combating fraud within the EU’s budget.
The European Commission decided on Wednesday to refer Greece to the EU’s Court of Justice for not applying correctly the rules under the Late Payment Directive.
European Union auditors said on Wednesday that they are unable to establish whether some of the billions of euros the bloc has given to Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is actually having any impact.
A year ago, American officials seemed satisfied with how the war in Ukraine was going, thinking that the longer it went on, the more Vladimir Putin would bleed out, weakening his military and his country.
New Democracy’s decision to nominate Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned mayor of Himare, as a candidate for the European Parliament aims to highlight Albania’s violation of the rule of law as a European concern.
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to back a year-long extension to tariff-free trade for Ukrainian farm produce, while introducing new curbs on the level of imports to assuage protesting EU farmers.
More than 114,200 voters have registered for mail-in balloting in the June 9 European Parliament elections, surpassing last year’s turnout from abroad, according to Greece’s Interior Ministry.
European ministers said on Monday they were looking urgently at how to provide more air defence to Ukraine but they stopped short of concrete pledges of the Patriot systems that Kyiv values most.
Greece and Spain are under significant pressure from their EU and NATO allies to provide air defense systems to Ukraine, according to a report in the Financial Times.
A week after Cyprus suspended the processing of asylum applications from Syrians due to a sharp increase in arrivals, the president of the Mediterranean island, Nikos Christodoulides, warned that the EU country cannot accommodate more refugees from the war-torn country.
Government officials have developed a set of five tests to determine whether the June 9 European Parliament elections will be a success or failure.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged Greek voters to hand candidates on ruling New Democracy’s party ticket a comfortable majority in the European Parliament elections this June.
On what criteria is Greece’s European strategy based? The question arises from our country’s completely paradoxical attitude on two major issues: first, the single market, and second, the debate on the joint defense bonds.
With less than two months to go before the European Parliament elections on June 9, the campaign has entered a crucial phase with tours by political leaders and party committees being a key element.
