European Commission wrong to deny release of von der Leyen messages, court says

The European Commission was wrong to refuse to release text messages sent by Ursula von der Leyen to the head of Pfizer during negotiations to secure Covid-19 vaccines, the EU's top court has ruled.

Orban: EU May Have Given Hungarian Money to Ukraine

 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has indicated that some of the EU funds that Brussels is supposed to allocate to Budapest may already have been transferred to Kiev.

Calculan en 4.000 millones de euros los daños por terremoto en Italia

Los daños causados por el fuerte terremoto que sacudió el centro de Italia el pasado 24 de agosto, que dejó casi 300 muertos, ascienden a al menos 4.000 millones de euros, señaló este viernes el primer ministro de Italia, Matteo Renzi.

EU-Turkey: Need to tackle challenges in judicial system

From the Official Website of the  European Commission:

Brussels (3 October) - Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met the Turkish Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ in Brussels today, shortly after the release of Turkey's new strategy for EU accession. Commissioner Füle expressed his full appreciation for this working document, in which reforms in the area of fundamental freedom and rule of law received a prominent place.

EU-Georgia: Financial support to strengthen democratic institutions. -European Commission, Press release

EU-Georgia: Financial support to strengthen democratic institutions

Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle signed two financing agreements in Tbilisi on Tuesday to support public finances reform in Georgia and to strengthen the role and capacities of the Parliament.

The financing agreement to support Georgia’s reform of public finance policy is worth €21m and will contribute to good governance and further strengthen government services' delivery and the accountability of the public sector. It will promote transparency, while increasing efficiency and effectiveness of planning and governmental spending.

Russian inspectors to make TOS observation flight over Greece

MOSCOW, February 17, 5:23 /ITAR-TASS/. A Russian group of inspectors is to make an observation flight aboard a Russian observation plane An-30B over the territory of Greece within a period from Feb 17 to 21 in implementation of the international Treaty on Open Skies (TOS), Sergei Ryzhkov, head of the national Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) told Itar-Tass on Monday.

The observation flight will be made from TOS airfield Nea Anchialos to a maximum distance of up to 1,010 km with a view to promoting greater openness and transparency in the military activities of the States that are Parties to the Treaty, as well as to consolidating security through enhancing confidence-building measures, Ryzhkov said.

Diaspora group aims to change Greece’s ethos ...

Vasilis Giavris*

dias (neoskosmos com) 

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The Hellenic Democratic Initiative (HID) held a talk last week on the Greek crisis and the new bailout agreement at the State Library of Victoria. The talk covered a variety of topics including the terms of the bailout agreement, corruption in Greece, migration of Greek youth and the role of the Hellenic diaspora in helping to achieve change in Greece.