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Central securities depositories: Council confirms agreement with EP

26 Feb, 2014

The Permanent Representatives Committee today approved, on behalf of the Council, an agreement reached with the European Parliament on new rules aimed at improving safety in the securities settlement system and at opening the market for central securities depositories (CSD) services.
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

EU efforts for political and financial support to Ukraine discussed between Baroness Ashton and Venizelos

26 Feb, 2014

EU High Representative and President of the Foreign Affairs Council Catherine Ashton and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, in his capacity as President of the EU General Affairs Council, had extensive telephone talks today on the developments in Ukraine.
  • COMPETCompetitiveness (COMPET)

Νew generation PPPs pave way for large-scale research & innovation projects

26 Feb, 2014

The Committee of Permanent Representatives today endorsed an agreement between the Greek Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives on a new generation of public and private partnerships that will allow large-scale, long-term innovation projects to be carried out under the umbrella of Horizon 2020, the EU's next research framework programme.

  • COMPETCompetitiveness (COMPET)

New transparency rules on social responsibility for big companies

26 Feb, 2014

The Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) today endorsed an agreement forged by the Greek Presidency between the Council and the European Parliament on a draft directive for the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies.

  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Greek Presidency reaches provisional agreement on UCITS

25 Feb, 2014

The Greek Presidency reached today a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament on new EU rules on regulated investment funds regarding depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions. 
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Greek Presidency welcomes the official launch of the High Level Group on Own Resources

25 Feb, 2014

The Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras, representing the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU, welcomed the official launch of the High Level Group on Own Resources, which took place today in Strasbourg with European Parliament President Martin Schulz and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and warmly congratulated Mario Monti on his appointment as its Chairman.
 
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Launch of High Level Group on Own Resources at Strasbourg today (25.02.2014)

25 Feb, 2014

The Presidents of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, the European Parliament  Martin Schulz, the Council's rotating President, Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, and Designated Chair of the High Level Group on Own Resources Mario Monti, will launch the new high-level group in Strasbourg on 25 February. 

The joint press conference is scheduled for 16.00 (CET) and you can watch it live here.

  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Deputy Prime Minister and FM Venizelos’ remarks following the Visegrad+3 Ministerial Meeting (Budapest, 24.02.2014)

24 Feb, 2014

DPM and FM Ev. Venizelos participated today in the Visegrad+3 Ministerial Meeting, attended by the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) – Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic – and the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania.
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Deputy FM Kourkoulas to participate in the European Parliament Plenary (Strasbourg, 25-27 February 2014)

24 Feb, 2014

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulas will be in Strasbourg from Tuesday to Thursday, 25-27 February, to participate in the European Parliament Plenary.
  • EYCSEducation, Youth, Culture & Sport (EYCS)

Europe needs to invest in efficient, high quality education and training

24 Feb, 2014

The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council of Ministers of the European Union, chaired by Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, met in Brussels, on 24 February.

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