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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos’ New Year’s message as Greece assumes the Presidency of the Council of the EU

31 Dec, 2013

Greece assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and it does so with a keen sense of its responsibility to its EU partners and all European citizens. Because the next six months will be a major turning point, not only for Greece itself, as it emerges from a crisis that has exacted many hard sacrifices from the Greek people, but also for the Union as a whole, as we make our final arguments in the debate on the future of our Union, ahead of the May 2014 European elections.

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Deputy FM press conference in Brussels

20 Dec, 2013

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulas participated at a joint press conference in Brussels, on 18 December, together with Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, whose country is handing over the Presidency of the Council of the EU to Greece in 12 days.

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Prime Minister Antonis Samaras press conference after European Council

20 Dec, 2013

The priorities for the upcoming Greek Presidency were presented by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to his colleagues at today's European Council meeting in Brussels.

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Press Conference in Brussels

17 Dec, 2013

A press conference is taking place tomorrow (18 December 2013), at 14:00 (local time) in Brussels, at the Press Centre of the Justus Lipsius building of the Council, during which the Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicious will review the Lithuanian Presidency and Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dimitris Kourkoulas will present the priorities of the Greek Presidency, commencing on 1 January 2014.

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Meeting of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with the College of Commissioners in Brussels

06 Dec, 2013

A delegation of members of the Greek government, led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met yesterday (4.12.2013) in Brussels with the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso.

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Greek Presidency priorities presented at EPC Breakfast Policy Briefing in Brussels (29.11.2013)

02 Dec, 2013

The priorities of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union were presented by Greece’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Theodoros Sotiropoulos, at the European Policy Center (EPC) in Brussels, on 29 November 2013.

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Meeting of Directors General for Industrial Relations

28 Nov, 2013

The Directors General for Industrial Relations of the EU Member States will hold their biannual meeting in Athens, on Friday, November 29, 2013.

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Logo Presentation of the Greek Presidency 2014 of the European Union

25 Nov, 2013

Each country holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union selects its own presidency logo, which serves as an integral visual symbol for the Presidency: a defining feature of each Presidency’s identity and a statement conveying its message to Europe and the world.

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Europe: our common quest - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos presents the logo of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union

25 Nov, 2013

Secretary Generals, Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you to this event in view of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is the fifth presidency that the Hellenic Republic is undertaking, since its accession to the then European Communities.

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Greece’s Past EU Presidencies

20 Nov, 2013

The Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins on 1 January 2014, is Greece’s fifth since its accession to the then European Economic Community (EEC), in 1981. In contrast to the previous Presidency – from January to June 2003 – which added another milestone in the EU’s enlargement process with the accession of 10 new member states, the next one comes at a turning point, as most of Europe has been grappling with years of financial and economic crisis, recession and unemployment.

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