Voter email leak took place in May-June 2023, Interior Ministry audit finds dlvr.it/T637Dv

French authorities have submitted a request for the transfer of a Crotale short-range surface-to-air missile system of the Greek Air Force. The talks began at a diplomatic level last November, apparently without any development so far. Nektaria Stamouli
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#France wants to use #Greece ’s air defense system for the #Olympics , Kathimerini’s report says politico.eu/article/france…

‘Parliament’s pain-in-the-neck in chief’? I’ll take it!

MEPs to watch in the next EU Parliament (if they get elected) – POLITICO politico.eu/article/europe…

Fredi Beleri — the mayor-elect of Himarë, a town on the Albanian riviera — was sentenced to two years behind bars in March.

Even so, he's the choice of Greece’s ruling party to run in the EU election.

But could he actually win a spot in Parliament?

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A Greek lawmaker faces criminal charges after a brawl in parliament.
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Greece’s ruling party has chosen a total wildcard to run in June’s European election.

Not only because he’s currently serving a two-year jail-term — but also because tensions over his detention threaten to weigh on Albania’s push to join the EU.
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Greece draws 3 bln euros from 30-year bond amid huge demand dlvr.it/T5y0wV

Privacy watchdog asks EYP to hand over full dossier on PASOK chief’s surveillance dlvr.it/T5yZWK

#Greece 's lawmaker faces criminal charges after brawl in parliament politico.eu/article/greece…

Commission warns Greece and Cyprus on fraud rule implementation dlvr.it/T5xq13

Supreme Court excludes far-right party from EU election ballot dlvr.it/T5xwwv

Manfred Weber on when EU leaders passed him over for being European Commission president, picking Ursula von der Leyen instead: “I think [it] created damage to the European democracy. But that’s history.”

🚨Scoop: The European Parliament plans to open a new office in the Western Balkans, as a strategy to enhance its oversight over the #enlargement process, the EP’s administrative body decided on Monday (22 April).

Greece’s ruling party has made one especially contentious choice to run in June’s European elections: Fredi Beleri, the jailed mayor-elect of the town of Himarë on the Albanian riviera.
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Here's what keeps EU lawmakers up at night, according to a POLITICO survey 👇
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A second term for Donald Trump in the White House would require the EU to do something it has historically proved ill-equipped to do: decide on a common response and stick to it.

Failure to agree could start to tear the bloc apart.

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Athens pushes back against US rights report dlvr.it/T5wp4J

North Macedonia polls to test EU drive dlvr.it/T5wv5H

Journalists are accusing North Macedonia’s ruling party and opposition of banding together to restrict press freedom, ahead of an election in the Balkan country.

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