Ahead of the upcoming EU summit with Turkey in Brussels, on Monday, March 7, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos is chairing a special meeting with the political leaders today Friday (4.3) in an attempt to find common ground for a national strategy on the…
As the situation over the migrant crisis in Greece and Europe escalates ahead of a crucial meeting of EU leaders with Turkey on March 7, the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned that Europe faces an imminent humanita…
Collective bargaining is a key means through which employers and their organizations and trade unions can establish fair wages and working conditions. Against the background of a deep economic crisis in Europe, wide-ranging labour market changes are…
More than 20,000 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece over the weekend after neighboring states to its north decided unilaterally to shut down their borders to migrant flows, as the European Union and Athens hammered out emergency measu…
The EuroMemorandum 2016, ("Addressing Europe's Multiple Crises: An agenda for economic transformation, solidarity and democracy") published in February 20016 - drawing on discussions and papers presented at the 21st Workshop on Alternative Economic P…
Enhancing the position of women in research and innovation was defined as a priority in EU policies during the 1990s. On this basis, the EU has developed policies to encourage women to engage in science and technology education, promoting the equal p…
Over 12,000 refugees and migrants have been trapped in Greece since the beginning of the week, whilst Athens is taking diplomatic action to counter the border restrictions to its north that are causing the buildup. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affai…
A new Centre for Economic Policy Research / VoxEU eBook How to fix Europe’s monetary union: Views of leading economists by Richard Baldwin & Francesco Giavazzi, argues that fixing the Eurozone is a job half done. The ECB’s resolve and…
Greek lawmakers approved on Saturday (20.2) the coalition government’s "parallel programme", a package of social justice measures meant to soften the social impact of the austerity measures agreed under Greece's third bailout programme. &n…
In view of the EU summit on the migrant crisis and U.K.’s future in the EU (18-19.2), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met yesterday in Athens (16.2) with the President of the European Council andEU summit chairman, Donald Tusk, as Greece ann…