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EU GREEK PRESIDENCY INAUGURATED
Athens, 15th January it will be Greece that holds the EU Presidency for the first semester of 2014, then to be followed by Italy, that will take the baton as of 1st July.
The official opening of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the EU in Brussels took place on Tuesday, 14 January at 20:00, at one of the most prestigious cultural venues in Brussels, the Bozar Center for Fine Arts, and the event was followed by a concert hosted by the Greek Permanent Representation to the EU and the Embassy of Greece in Brussels, and funded by the Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.