News archive of June 2018

In cooperation with the Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (PCAI), the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki has put together a group exhibition that symbolically joins the country's two most important ports, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will participate in the regular European Council meeting on 28 and 29 June in Brussels.

Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, and Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, today signed the revised rules for the posting of workers, which the Bulgarian Presidency negotiated during its term.

The 21st Anti-Racist Festival Athens takes place from Friday, June 29, to Sunday, July 1, at Gouda Park in Athens, which will be hosting a number of discussions, concerts, as well as stalls selling multicultural cuisine.

The festival will feature a lineup of prominent Greek music acts, including electronic duo Stereo Nova, who will be headlining on June 30 (center stage).

The two-year extension of the project for the Turkish company "Garanti-Koza" in the metropolitan quarter of Mladost was extended. This allows the deadline for the certificate of priority project given to the company in 2015 to be extended.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) took note of the position expressed on Thursday by the 12 partner states regarding the amendment process to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code and underlines that the strengthening of the rule of law and the fight against corruption are part of the priorities assumed under the governing program 2018 - 2020, MAE points out.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli agreed not to extend the state of emergency, local media reported.

Premier Viorica Danila announced on Thursday, at the beginning of the government meeting, that the requirements of the investment incentive state aid scheme will be changed so as to allow applications from more Romanian companies.

Hahn made the promise in an interview for Radio Free Europe after EU members gave a conditional green light to opening accession talks with the two states.