Fisheries
Maria Damanaki to head Natural Conservancy's ocean division
Greeces Maria Damanaki, former EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is heading to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to lead the organizations oceans division, it was announced Thursday.
Defense Minister Avramopoulos to represent Greece at European Commission
Current Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos will be Greeces representative on the new European Commission, which will be named later this year.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wrote on Sunday to Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker, who is due to visit Athens on August 4, to inform him of his decision to send Avramopoulos to Brussels.