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21 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Madrid

15 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Miroslav Kalousek, Czech Minister of Finance, to discuss the aspect of centralisation of the audit function under the Ministry of Finance to tackle efficiently management problems of EU funds in the Czech Republic

15 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum

15 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Brendan Howlin, Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to discuss the future of cohesion policy in advance of the Irish Presidency in first semester 2013

15 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Michal Boni, Polish Minister of Administration and Digitization, to discuss the implementation of projects in Communication and Information Technology (ICT) in Poland, which aim at establishing an electronic administration -"e-government"- and increasing the innovativeness of the economy through ICT

10 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Victor Ponta, new Prime Minister of Romania, to discuss the implementation of EU-funds and the future cohesion policy for the next programming period 2014-2020

10 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, President of the Autonomous Region of Murcia and First Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions to discuss the priorities of Mr Valcárcel Siso once he will be President of the Committee of the Regions as well as the current situation in the region of Murcia which was hit by an earthquake mid-2011

9 May 2012 - Commissioner Hahn attends the Europe Day celebrations in Austria

23 April 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Ms Elzbieta Bienkowska, Polish Minister for Regional Development and Mr Slawomir Nowak, Polish Minister for Transport, to discuss the state of play of the implementation of railway projects in Poland

19-20 April 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Wales

19 April 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in London

30 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Latvia

29 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Lithuania

27 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Johann Seitinger, member of the Austrian regional government of Steiermark

27 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic to discuss preparations for Croatia's accession to the EU in 2013, in particular for the very significant increase in EU funding once Croatia is a Member State

26 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets Mr Renzo Tondo, President of the Autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia to discuss the future of cohesion policy, crossborder cooperation and regional state aid

26 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets UK Europe Minister David Lidington to discuss ongoing discussions in the Council of Ministers on the Commission's proposals for reform of Cohesion Policy and for the next Multiannual Financial Framework

22-23 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Prague

21 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn takes part in the signing ceremony of the "Greek Small as Medium-Sized Entreprises Guarantee Scheme" in Athens

19-20 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets new Romanian government in Bucharest

14 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets Mr. Peter Jankowitsch, President of the Austrian-French Centre, to discuss the possibility of a European Alpine macro-regional strategy

14 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets Mrs. Anna Diamantopoulou, New Greek Minister for National Development, Competitiveness and Shipping

12 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn visits Madrid to establish contacts with the new Spanish Government

 07 March 2012 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn meets in an extraordinary meeting with the ministers of European Affairs of all German Bundesländer (regions), when visiting Brussels. The importance of an approriate budget for the next financial planning period was the main focus of the meeting

 06 March 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets government of Sachsen-Anhalt in Brussels' representation

 6 March 2012 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn, together with his colleague Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, receives a group of regional members of parliament from the German region of Rheinland-Pfalz

 28 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Slovakia

 27 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny, President of the European Research Council to exchange views on the complementarity between regional policy and excellence research in the light of future investments

 27 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn meets Mr Carwyn Jones, Prime Minister of Wales, to discuss Commissioner Hahn's upcoming visit to Wales, foreseen for Mid-April

 27 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn visits Cyprus

 21 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Ms Lilyana Pavlova, Bulgarian Minister for Regional Development

 20 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to discuss ongoing common initiatives of the European Commission as regards Regional Policy and the EIB

 20 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Paulino Rivero Baute, President of the Government of Canaries and Chairman of the Conference of the Presidents of the Outermost Regions of the European Union

 17 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Alexandru Nazare, Romanian Minister for Transport and Infrastructure

 16 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn launches a direct dialogue with Europe's cities at the first Urban Forum in Brussels

 15 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Carsten Hansen, Danish Minister for Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs

 15 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Ms Catiuscia Marini, President of the Italian region of Umbria

 15 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Giorgos Kaminis, Mayor of Athens

 15 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Ms Emilia Müller, the Minister for Federal and European Affairs of the Bavarian State Chancellery

 15 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn receives Polish regional governors

 13 February 2012 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn receives His Excellency the Ambassador Selim Yenel, Permanent Delegate of Turkey to the EU

 03 February 2012 - Commissioner Hahn visits Dutch province of Noord-Brabant

 02 February 2012 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn attends the Informal Competitiveness Council in Copenhagen

 31 January 2012 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn received in Brussels Mr Stephan Mayer, Chairman of the subcommittee on regional economic policy of the German Bundestag

 30 January 2012 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn received in Brussels Mr. Kamil Jankovsky, Czech minister for Regional development.

 30 January 2012 - Commissioner Hahn received Mr Leonard Orban, Romanian Minister for European Affairs.

 22 January 2012 - Commissioner Hahn visits Bulgaria.

On Sunday 22 January Commissioner attended the inauguration ceremony of the new Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev. He also met with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Tomislav Donchev, Minister responsible for EU funds. In the afternoon the Commissioner attended signing ceremony between Bulgaria, the European Investment Bank, the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

During the meeting with Prime Minister Borissov and Minister Donchev various issues were discussed, like the latest developments on the absorption of structural funds, the preparation for the next programming period (2014-20) or the Danube Strategy.

The signing the Memoranda of Understanding between Bulgaria and three important International Financial Institutions is an important step towards speeding-up absorption of Funds and maximising its impact on the Bulgarian economy. The institutions will send experts to Bulgaria to help national officials in handling EU procedures for regional development projects in order to increase the concrete and correct use of EU funding.

 18 January 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in Italy

 16 January 2012 - Commissioner Hahn's visit in France
 16 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn at first General Affairs Council dedicated to Cohesion Policy
 16 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Andris Vilks, Latvian Minister for Finance to discuss the Commission proposals on Cohesion Policy for the period 2014-2020 within the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework.
 16 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Jàn Figel, Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, Posts and Telecommunications to discuss the Joint Roadmap 2012 and the Slovak preparations for the programming period 2014-2020.
 13 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn's visit to Greece
 09 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn meets the French Prime Minister François Fillon to discuss the Commission's proposals for the future cohesion policy 2014-2020, in particular the issues of thematic concentration, simplification, Territorial Cohesion and Territorial Cooperation.
 05 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Zanda Kalnina-Lukaševica, Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee of the Latvian Parliament. They had a general exchange of views on the commission's proposal for the future of cohesion policy with a particular focus on Latvia. Commissioner Hahn welcomed this opportunity of a first dicussion with parliamentarians from Latvia which needs to be continued.
 05 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Jyri Häkämies, Finnish Minister for Economic Affairs to discuss the special status of the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas and urban issues.
 05 December 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Mr Luis Miguel Morais Letao, Secretary of State for European Affairs to discuss the current cohesion policy as well as the proposed regulations for the future programming period 2014-2020
 29 November 2011 - Commissioner Hahn and Secretary of State Bojan Suvorov sign agreement to mobilise EUR 7,5 million EUR from the EU Solidarity Fund
 28 November 2011 - Meeting with the governors of the Greek regions and mayors from the main cities
 23 November 2011 - Visit to Denmark
 22 November 2011 Commissioner Hahn meets Mr Giorgi Baramidze, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration to discuss about Regional Policy as a EU support to Georgia.
 17-19th November 2011 - Visit to Portugal
 16th November 2011 - Visit to Carinthia
 7th November 2011 - Visit to Italy
 4th November 2011 - Visit to Martinique
 2nd November-3rd November 2011 - Visit to Guadeloupe
 31 October-1st November 2011 - Visit to French Guiana
 26 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn in Rome
 24 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn in Warsaw
 17 October 2011 - Official visit to Malta
 14 October 2011 - Official visit to Bulgaria
 13 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn participates in the Conference "Delivering Europe 2020" together with Maria Damanaki, Member of the EC in charge of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and László Andor, Member of the EC in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the "Delivering Europe 2020" conference, in the framework of the "OPEN DAYS"
 12 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn at the presentation the report of Pedro Solbes,Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), on Better integration of the Ultraperipheral Regions in the Single Market handed over to Commissioner Barnier responsible for Internal Market and Services.
 12 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn is meeting Du Ying, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission and Sérgio Duarte de Castro, Secretary of State in charge of Regional Development in the Brazilian Ministry of National Integration to share experiences on Regional Policy and present the new proposals for cohesion policy for the perios 2014-2020.
 10 October 2011 - Opening session of the OPEN DAYS at the European Parliament
 10 October 2011 -Commissioner Hahn meets Mr Paulino Rivero Baute, President of the Canary Islands government
 10 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn meets the Association of Czech Regions
 10 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn meets Mrs. Jordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia
 03 October 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Gerhard Dörfler, Governor of the Austrian state of Carinthia and the Majors of the North Brabant in The Netherlands
 23 September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn meets in Bucarest Traian Basescu, President of Romania, Emil Boc, Romanian Prime Minister, Elena Udrea, Romanian Minister for Regional Development and Tourism and Leonard Orban, Romanian Minister for European Funds.
 22 September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn receives Michael Häupl, Mayor and Governor of Vienna and Hans Niessl, Governor of Burgenland
 19 September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn started on Monday 19th September a 3 day action seminar in Athens on the better use of EU structural funding. The seminar aims at indicating good projects for EU co-founded investment and drastically reduce bureaucracy in order to speed-up investments.
 14 September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn held a speech at the Brussels Press Club
 12 September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn meets Greek Ministers in Athens
 06 September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn meets Members of the Governement of the Free State of Thuringia; on his right side Mrs Christine Lieberknecht, Minister-President.
 1st September 2011 - Commissioner Hahn visits the Institute for Energy Research in Barcelona, a project co-funded by the EU
 09 August 2011 - Salzburg - Visit of Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy to the Austrian region of Salzburg

Visiting the Austrian region of Salzburg on Tuesday 9 August, Commissioner Johannes Hahn and his colleague Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, got an explanation on investments in energy efficiency and sustainable environmental protection done at the Leube Cement Works in Salzburg, by company manager and President of the regional Chamber of Industry Mr. Rudolf Zrost.

 08 August 2011 - Salzburg - Visit of Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy to the Austrian region of Salzburg

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn visited the Austrian region of Salzburg on Monday 8 August. Accompanied by Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas (right) Johannes Hahn got an explanation on the new railway station of Salzburg City from Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Railways Christian Kern (left) and Governor of the Region of Salzburg Mrs. Gabi Burgstaller. Salzburg's main railway station is served by the new Tauern railway link, which has been co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

 21 July 2011 - Nicosia - Visit of Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy to Cyprus

Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, went to the Vassilikos power station to survey the damage caused by devastating explosions on 13 July. On that day, a series of explosions occurred at "Evangelos Florakis" naval base near Larnaca, 60 km from the capital Nicosia. 12 people were killed and many more injured. The explosion affected the production of electricity on the island and the water supply.

 18 July 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receives George Papaconstantinou, Greek Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change
 18 July 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receives Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague
 1 July 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Hahn receives receives René Souchon, President of the Regional Council of Auvergne, François Bonneau, President of the Regional Council of the Centre region and Jean-Paul Denanot, President of the Regional Council of Limousin
 25 June 2011 - Northern Ireland - Commissioner Hahn is launching the Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry
 24 June 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Hahn receives Alun Davies, Welsh Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and European Programmes
 23 June 2011 - Brussels - Regio Stars 2011 Awards Session and Networking Reception
 14 June 2011 - Brussels - Henk Bleker, Dutch Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Michael Moore, British Secretary of State for Scotland, Tomislav Donchev, Bulgarian Minister without Portfolio for the EU Funds Management and Ivaylo Moskovski, Bulgarian Minister for Transport, Information Technology and Communications
 9 June 2011 - Brussels - Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receives Valerian Vreme, Romanian Minister for Communication and Information Society
 12 May 2011 - Brussels - EU´s outermost regions to remain a priority of the future cohesion policy
 15 April 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Hahn receives Elena Udrea, Romanian Minister for Regional Development and Tourism
 12 April 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Hahn receives Anca-Daniela Boagiu, Romanian Minister for Transports and Infrastructure
 29 March 2011 - Brussels - Wolfgang Schuster at the EC - Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receives Wolfgang Schuster, President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
 24-25 March 2011 - Region of the week: Vorarlberg (Austria) - Visit by Commissioner Hahn
 2 March 2011 - Brussels - Commissioner Hahn meets Mr Van der Laan, Mayor of Amsterdam and Mrs van Es, Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam.
 26-27 February 2011 - Finland - Commissioner Johannes HAHN visits Helsinki and Lappland and meets Mrs Mari KIVINIEMI, Prime Mininster, Mr Jyrki KATAINEN, Minister of Finance, Mr Mauri PEKKARINEN, Minister of Economic Affairs, Mrs Astrid THORS, Minister of Migration and European Affairs, and other high-level stakeholders
 14 February 2011 - Brussels - Johannes HAHN, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy and Mr Ramaz NIKOLAISHVILI, Georgian Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure sign a joint declaration in which the EC and the Republic of Georgia will share expertise and experience on developing Regional Policy
 26 January 2011 - Brussels - Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receives Stefan Mappus, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg
 19 January 2011 - Paris - Le Commissaire Hahn rencontre Monsieur Bruno Le Maire, Ministre de l´Agriculture, de l´Alimentation, de la Pêche, de la Ruralité et de l´Aménagement du territoire
 09 December 2010 - Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receive Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland First Minister and Martin McGuinness, Nothern Ireland Deputy First Minister
 14 October 2010 - Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Tallinn University, visiting EU co-funded research centre
 29-30 September & 1 October 2010 - 38th General Assembly of the CRPM - Aberdeen (UK)
 28 September 2010 - Visiting London to discuss the future of EU Regional Policy and UK European Regional Development Fund programmes, Commissioner Johannes Hahn met with Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
 15 April 2010 - Commissioner Hahn meets Manuel Chaves González, Third Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Spanish Minister for Territorial Policy
 15 April 2010 - Commissioner Hahn receives Francisco Camps Ortiz, President of the government of the Autonomous Community of Valencia
 24 March 2010 - Commissioner Hahn participates in the electric bike ride in the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week
 3 March 2010 - Commissioner Hahn receives Claudio Martini, President of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe
 2 March 2010 - Commissioner Hahn meets Thomas Mirow, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
 1 March 2010 - Commissioner Hahn meets Pierre Lellouche, French Secretary of State for European Affairs
 22 February 2010 - Commissioner Hahn meets Carwyn Howell Jones, First Minister for Wales
 19 February 2010 - Commissioner Hahn participates in the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Regional Policy in Zaragoza, Spain
 12 February 2010 - Helsinki - Baltic Sea Action Summit
 14 January 2010 - Hearing at the European Parliament

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  12 May 2011 - Brussels - EU´s outermost regions to remain a priority of the future cohesion policy
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