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Immigrant visa form Getty As golden passport and visa programs around the world come under scrutiny and the European Union prepares to impose tougher controls, Malta and Portugal have secured the top spots in…

Russian embassies across Europe have been active on social media in defense of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. But in some cases, such as Greece and Bulgaria, Russian embassies have gone too far, even intimidating local…

A fishmonger was selling his wares at the Varvakeios food market in Athens yesterday. Inflation spurred by rising energy costs is…

As Russian troops bombed and invaded Ukraine, NATO members tightened sanctions and private companies cut ties.Ukrainian officials want more, with Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation, asking that Apple block Russia to use…

ATHENS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Greece plans to repay more than 7 billion euros in loans from the International Monetary Fund and eurozone partners over the next two months, repaying the rest of the IMF funds it borrowed to avoid bankruptcy…

The EuroAfrica Interconnector and the EuroAsia Interconnector are vital projects and prepare the region for!-->…

The Athens Stock Exchange index reached its highest level since 2014. Credit: ATHEX The Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) rally that began in late 2021 peaked earlier this week when the index soared to levels not seen since 2014. The last time…

European Union: COVID-19 Key EU Developments, Policy and Regulatory Update No. 72…

Photo source: European Parliament / © BELGA / AFP / L. Gouliamaki The European Commission announced this week that it would assess in the next two months a request made by Greece for the disbursement of 3.6 billion euros in…

At a meeting in Brussels on Monday, December 20, EU environment ministers criticized the European Commission's proposal for a social climate fund that would support vulnerable households throughout the energy transition.…

3 hours ago Faced with the silence of the European Commission, the international organization for the defense of media freedom Reporters Without Borders called on the European Commission and Parliament to "firmly denounce" the new…

Press play to listen to this article As the border walls form an increasingly thick concrete and razor wire shield around the EU, their symbolic message divides the block itself from within. For years…

The General Court of the European Union has rejected a claim for compensation from owners of Greek debt who participated in the 2012 restructuring, according to a decision released Wednesday. The motivation for the above verdict…

The price comparison of fixed and mobile broadband services, based on data at the end of 2020, is extremely unfavorable for Greece as it ranks the country among the most expensive in the EU in terms of the number of packages and…

Picturesque views aside, Greece's economic landscape only adds to the country's appeal. To celebrate the opening of Knight Frank's trade office in Greece, he explored seven investment drivers in the country:Located in Southeastern Europe,…

The rules of free competition law aim to safeguard collective interests such as a competitive market structure, consumer welfare and economic freedom. Disclosure of anti-competitive behavior, often carried out in secret (e.g.…

Officials from the Greek government, the European Commission and the European Central Bank are examining the conditions under which Greece could enter the ECB's conventional liquidity program once the extraordinary bond purchase program…

Greece will receive a total of nearly 77 billion euros over the next seven years to help accelerate the recovery of its economy, according to the European Commission. Speaking to Greek news agency ANA on Sunday, EU Cohesion and Reform…

The Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, categorically rejected the possibility of reducing the special consumption tax on fuels, due to the increase in energy prices, citing as an argument the inflationary pressures on the Greek…

The annual amount of value added tax (VAT) fraud is more than double the sum of the state's revenue under the single property tax (ENFIA), according to the latest report from the European Commission which makes report a loss of income of…

The Greek government has taken over the management of the cash assistance program for asylum seekers in Greece from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). The Greek branch of the United Nations…

A natural gas power plant is being built in Alexandroupolis, in northern Greece. Credit: AMNAGreece on Monday called on the European Union to create a special mechanism to protect consumers against sharp increases in gas prices across the…

European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni. Photo © European Union - Source: PE Greece is moving faster towards near pre-Covid-19 growth crisis levels, said the European Commissioner for the Economy Paul Gentiloni…

Coal Mayors Meet in Stara Zagora to Discuss Sustainable Energy Transition The fourth “Just Transition Mayors Forum” started in Stara Zagora and 70 mayors from 11 countries showed up to promote a more…

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV's media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Editor's point of view: German elections reveal…

The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive overhaul of EU insurance rules (known as Solvency II) so that insurance companies can increase their long-term investments in Europe's recovery from the pandemic of COVID-19. Today's…

The nine leaders of European Mediterranean countries signed the Athens Declaration to fight climate change. Credit: Prime Minister GR/ TwitterThe nine European leaders present at the EUMED 9 summit in Athens signed the Athens declaration…

Chinese 5G technology. Credit: Rebeccaswitch / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0China has made inroads in the Balkans by dominating digital infrastructure in some countries and providing telecommunications technology in others.According to…

After exhausting the returns from his Syrian, Libyan and Eastern Mediterranean businesses, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned to long-divided Cyprus for the nationalist fuel it needs in its domestic politics. In 2004,…

Judicial independence and media freedom in some EU countries continue to worry Brussels, according to a new report. These two problems were highlighted in a file by the European Commission on respect for the rule of law in the bloc of 27…

The first batch of European loans from the EU's Next Generation Recovery and Resilience Fund will start disbursing for private investment finance shortly, with large Greek companies working feverishly to prepare and submit investment…

On the occasion of the "green light" given to the Greek recovery plan by Ecofin in Brussels, on the basis of which the first disbursements of funds are expected by the end of this month, but also after yesterday's announcements for 12…

Prime Minister Mitsotakis addresses the economists' roundtable on Thursday evening in Athens. Credit: Prime Minister's Press ServiceOn Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his "extreme optimism" about the future…

Since the emergence of nation-states in Europe, France's European policy has been inspired by the ambition to take political leadership on the continent. During the Thirty Years' War and under Napoleon Bonaparte, the instrument was…

The European Commission has adopted a positive assessment of Latvia's recovery and resilience plan. This is an important step towards the EU disbursing € 1.8 billion in grants under the Recovery and Resilience…

According to the Bank of Greece, the withdrawal of government support measures for borrowers will put pressure on bank balance sheets through a possible deterioration in the quality of their assets.Ties between banks and the Greek…

Save reservations Despite continued disruption caused by Covid-19, including numerous travel bans and restrictions, Leptos Estates has, since the start of the year, achieved record bookings during the recently released new phase of its…

Brexit: UK should "behave like the size of our country", says AdonisScheming Eurocrats are making plans to remove our critically acclaimed shows like The Crown and Peaky Blinders from European streaming services. Viewers on the…

The European Commission today adopted a positive assessment of Greece's recovery and resilience plan. This is an important step towards the disbursement of € 17.8 billion in grants and € 12.7…

Cyprus hopes to draw some € 1.2 billion from the EU's Resilience and Recovery Facility, in return for which it pledges to implement a series of reforms. But it's a race against time, and with much expectation of…

BRUSSELS - In hopes that Europe has turned the page on its pandemic ordeal, the European Union on Friday urged its member countries to open their doors to American leisure travelers, after more than a year of strict restrictions and…

LISBON, Portugal - European Union authorities move closer to deploying the bloc's huge pandemic stimulus fund as the chairman of the bloc's 27-country executive board begins a tour of!-->…

Monday 24e in May, the European Union (EU) suspended its three billion euro investment program for Belarus, after the forcible hijacking of an airliner and the arrest of a figure in the opposition on board, and will remain in abeyance…

Crédito y Caución (Atradius) | In the first quarter of this year, French GDP grew 0.4% quarter-on-quarter, supported by the fact that another national lockdown was suspended until April. Growth was mainly…

June 3, 2021Update: June 3, 2021 at 10:05 a.m. 1of6Police officer Dimitris Bistinas uses a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), attached to a police vehicle,!-->!-->!-->…

New property rates used for tax purposes - known as "objective values" - as well as an earlier deadline for payment of the single property tax (ENFIA) will come into effect in just six months, affecting business in the Greek real.…

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, with on-the-ground coverage by EURACTIV's media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Before you start reading today's edition of the Capitals,…

The idyllic Greek island of Santorini. Credit: Dimitra Damianidi / Greek journalistThe Greek tourism industry receives an 800 million euro project approved by the European Commission to support its exit from the coronavirus…

Data from the Bank of Greece shows that real estate price growth accelerated to 3.2% in the first quarter of the year, from 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020.From Greece the real estate market is recovering rapidly as the economy…

Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis signs the accession treaty to the former EEC, now EU. Public domainForty years ago, on January 1, 1981, Greece made a huge leap forward by joining Europe by joining the European Economic…

(Martin Sanchez, Unsplash) This article is brought to you in collaboration with the European Commission. The Commission has received official recovery and resilience plans from Germany and Greece. These plans define the…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis informed President Katerina Sakellaropoulou of the pandemic, the progress of vaccinations and the economy regarding the submission of the national recovery plan to the European Commission. As the Prime…

Evzones wearing masks in front of the monument of the unknown soldier in Athens, Greece. Credit: twitter.com/LawandordergrGreece officially presented to the European Union on Tuesday its national recovery plan, aimed at helping repair…

ATHENS - The Greek New Democracy government's post-pandemic return plan - called 2.0 - has been sent to the European Union to extricate itself from the already lenient COVID-19!-->…

Michael Portillo on the impact of the euro on Greece in 2012Greece presented its national recovery plan to the European Commission this week. The document will contain his proposals for using the bloc's crisis funds to combat the…

Greece's economy is expected to grow 3.6% this year, less than previously estimated, but the rebound will accelerate in 2022 to reach 6.2%, the finance ministry said. Greece, which only emerged from a decade of financial crisis in…

What should Estonia's fiscal position be in 2025?The objective is to achieve a structural equilibrium, that is to say a situation where the income and expenditure of the State are equal. In doing so, the current economic situation is…