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What does a Greek man do in Finland? This is what people used to ask Manos Kyriazis a few decades ago when he decided to leave Greece and settle down in Helsinki, Finland. He had never imagined that today many Greeks would come in Finland and ask for a job at his Greek restaurant.

Turkey's ancient city of Hasankeyf and its surroundings has been shortlisted for the Seven Most Endangered program 2016 by Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank InstituteEuropa Nostra, the leading European heritage organization, and the European Investment Bank Institute announced on Dec 10 the 14 monuments and sites shortlisted for "The Seven Most Endangered" program 2016 by an intern

“Europe is facing an unprecedented migratory crisis and Italy is at the frontline. But Italy cannot manage this alone. We have to work all together to develop and implement European solutions.” stated Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos at the Constitutional Affairs and European Affairs Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate of the Italian Parliament

Finland’s government launched measures to tighten its immigration policy according to which  asylum seekers will be asked to work for free and to acknowledge a “national curriculum” on Finnish culture and society.

The government will also create an information package on Finnish culture and society stressing the rights of women and children.

By Eurogroup Chief and Dutch PM Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the Eurogroup Press Conference on December 7

Good evening everyone and welcome to this press conference. I was going to say that we’ve had busier turnouts – looking at the audience tonight – but it makes sense, because we also had a short Eurogroup meeting.

Top Turkish and German leaders have discussed the upcoming mini-summit that will take place between Turkey and eight EU countries on Dec. 17 in Brussels, where they will discuss how to best handle the growing refugee crisis. 

According to the latest figures of Eurostat published on Tuesday, the unemployment rate in Bulgaria stood at 9.5 % in October 2015.

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria was slightly above the EU average of 9.3 %, amounting to 316 000 people

The unemployment rate retained its level from the previous month and decreased by 1.4 % compared to October 2014.

Eurogroup released a statement following the meeting of European finance ministers on Monday, November 23:

Most people in the EU were owners of their dwellings last year, official statistics showed on Monday.

More than two-thirds (70.1%) of the population in the EU lived in owner-occupied dwellings, while 29.9% were renting their dwelling, according to data released by the EU statistical office, Eurostat.

In Bulgaria, the owners/tenants ratio was 84.3/15.7 percent.

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is expecting the disbursement of the 2 billion euros tranche to be approved today by today’s meeting of Euro Working Group.