Tomorrow, 8 January, the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first semester of 2014 is being officially inaugurated.

“The EU must continue to actively support, financially or with other resources, judicial reform in the Western Balkans”, noted Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Charalampos Athanassiou during a EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum of Justice and Home Affairs, which concluded on 20 December in Budva, Montenegro under the auspices of the Lithuanian EU Presidency.

The priorities for the upcoming Greek Presidency were presented by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to his colleagues at today's European Council meeting in Brussels.

A meeting of the High Level Group on Education and Training Policy, held in Athens on 12 - 13 December 2013, signaled the commencement of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first semester of 2014 for the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Y.PAI.TH.).