Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food Athanasios Tsaftaris met on 12 December 2013, in Athens, with Commissioner for Health and Consumers Tonio Borg. With this meeting, Minister Tsaftaris closed a series of contacts with European Commissioners on matters concerning Agriculture and Fisheries as he had previously held meetings with Dacian Ciolos and Maria Damanaki.

The Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ioannis Maniatis, , presented, at a EU Energy Council held in Brussels on 12 December 2013, the priorities of the incoming Greek Presidency in the energy sector.

The upcoming Greek Presidency presented its priorities in the field of audiovisual for January – June 2014 at the Audiovisual Working Party of the Council on 9 December 2013.

Greek Minister of Labour, Social Security and Welfare, Mr. Yiannis Vroutsis, will present the priorities of the Greek Presidency of the Council of European Union in the fields of employment and social policy at the EU Employment, Social policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council, to take place on Monday, December 9, 2013, in Brussels, in view of the assumption of the Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 January 2014.