The 4th Consortium Meeting of the EU-China Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Project took place in Athens today (14.1.2014) at the headquarters of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of Greece (the Greek National CP Authority) with the participation of high level representatives from the Project Partners.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will present, tomorrow (15 January), at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg the priorities of the Greek Presidency. A press conference by the Prime Minister, Commission President, José Manuel Barroso and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz will follow.
Mr Samaras will be accompanied by Finance Minister, Ioannis Stournaras, Development and Competitiveness Minister, Kostis Hatzidakis and deputy Foreign Minister, Dimitris Kourkoulas.
An informal 2-day meeting of the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum, composed of higher-ranking officials (directors and general directors) is taking place at Zappeion Megaron on 14-15 January. The meeting is being held in view of the Justice and Home Affairs Council and the European Council next June. According to the meeting’s agenda, issues with regards to frontiers, immigration, legal immigration and the integration of third countries nationals will be discussed.
On Friday, 10 January 2014, the new European Programme for Research and Innovation ‘Horizon 2020’ was launched at the National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’. The event was organized by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology in the context of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU during the first half of 2014.
The official opening of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the EU in Brussels will take place on Tuesday, 14 January at 20:00, at one of the most prestigious cultural venues in Brussels, the Bozar Center for Fine Arts.
The 4th Consortium Meeting of the EU-China Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Project will be hosted by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of Greece (GSCP, the national CP authority) in its headquarters in Athens on 14 January 2014, with the participation of High Level Representatives from the Project Partners.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, tour at the Acropolis Museum, on Thursday, January 9, 2014.
Jose Manuel Barroso,President of the European Commission and European Union Commissioners who are in Athens for the official Greek EU Presidency inauguration, visited the Acropolis Museum.