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  • COMPETCompetitiveness (COMPET)

ICRI 2014 – A conference with a view to the future...

The 2nd International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2014) is taking place at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre on 2-4 April 2014, in the framework of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The conference is organised by the European Commission and the Greek General Secretariat of Research & Technology (Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs) with the organisational support of the “Athena” Research and Innovation Center.

  • JHAJustice & Home Affairs (JHA)

Challenges and Perspectives of Judicial Cooperation in penal cases

The area of Freedom, Security and Justice has brought about some of the most profound changes in the EU over the last two decades. It is a policy field with direct influence on everyday life, as it was created to safeguard the free movement of persons and to offer a high level of protection to citizens. Introduced by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, judicial cooperation in criminal matters ensures safety for EU citizens within the area of Freedom, Security and Justice by helping prevent and combat crime.

  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Informal ECOFIN - Joint ECOFIN/FEMIP Meeting: Discussions on key economic and financial issues

The agenda of the informal Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) meeting on 1-2 April in Athens includes discussions on key issues of pan-European importance, such as the state of play of Banking Union, especially after the approval by COREPER of the compromise agreement reached by the Greek Presidency in its negotiations with the European Parliament on the Single Resolution Mechanism, the social aspects of growth and financial stability in Europe, the long term financing of the economy, especially the enhancement of SME financing, as well as the preparation of the IMF/World Bank Spring a

  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Culture: Opening of the joint Greek-Italian exhibition in Rome

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, and his Italian counterpart, Giorgio Napolitano, opened the “Classicism and Europe: The European destiny of Greece and Italy” exhibition at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, on Friday, 28 March.
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Celebrating Europe’s Classical legacy with the Greek and the Italian Presidency

 An exhibition celebrating ancient ties between Greece and Italy, and their legacy to European culture and unity, opens its doors on March 28 at Rome’s Presidential Quirinale Palace. The exhibition, "Classicism and Europe: The European destiny of Greece and Italy” aspires to illustrate the significance of the Greek and the Roman world in shaping European civilization and Europe’s contemporary cultural identity.  
 
  • COMPETCompetitiveness (COMPET)
  • EPSCOEmployment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO)

Making the case for women’s empowerment in Europe’s ICT sector

While it is a fact that after the digital revolution more and more people increasingly turn to digital jobs and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry in the European Union shows a positive growth of about 120,000 new jobs per year, technology companies face a critical shortfall of talented ICT experts. This contradictory picture reveals a mismatch between the skills on offer and those in demand in today's fast developing technology market.

  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Greek Presidency closes deal on Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM)

The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU (COREPER) today approved the provisional agreement reached between the Presidency and the Parliament on the Regulation on a Single Resolution Mechanism.

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