Commission's Directorate

Margaritis Schinas, who until now had served as chief spokesman of the European Commission under Jean-Claude Juncker, has been tapped by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to serve as Greece's next representative on the European Commission.

Main opposition New Democracy is up in arms over repeated violations of the terms of the Prespa Agreement by Skopje.

The Energy Ministry will table a bill in Parliament on Thursday aimed at closing all the crucial energy issues that remain open ahead of the Euro Working Group of this Friday.

The European Commission has sent a fresh warning to Greece over the crucial project of the electrical interconnection of Crete with Attica, which Athens has unilaterally conceded to state grid operator ADMIE.

The new round of negotiations between the Greek government and the European Commission on the project to hook up Crete to the mainland's power grid has come to a total impasse. The issue in question concerns the rejection by Brussels of the project's direct concession to a subsidiary of state-owned grid operator ADMIE.

Eighteen landfills that had been shut down and rehabilitated are back in operation in various parts of Greece, according to the European Commission.

According to the Commission's Directorate-General for Environment, of the 18 landfills that are back in operation, 16 are in the Peloponnese.

The number of students in Bulgaria in 2016 decreased by 17% compared to 2002 and by 11% since 2006 due to low birth rates and emigration, a monitoring report, quoted by bTV. 

The case of state subsidies to railway companies OSE and Trainose is closed, finally opening the way for the latter's privatization next month after a long wait.