News archive of April 2017
EU adopts tough Brexit talks stance
European Union leaders unanimously adopted their Brexit strategy at a special summit in Brussels on April 29, in a show of unity ahead of two years of tough talks with Britain.
The 27 leaders quickly agreed on the negotiating guidelines as they met without Britain for the first time since Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the divorce process a month ago.
Swiss probe yields more details about Papantoniou
A judicial investigation into defense contracts signed by former Socialist defense minister Yiannos Papantoniou is deepening, Kathimerini understands, with information from Swiss authorities allegedly linking him and his wife to two foreign bank accounts and a life insurance policy though the search continues for evidence incriminating him for kickbacks.
Unreasonable taxation
Through the years of the crisis, it has been proven that overtaxation and foolishly high rates of social security contributions lead to the legitimization and the growth of the black market.
Rather than solving the problem of tax evasion, it is making it even worse as there are entire professions that have realized they cannot survive within the system.
Musliu: Edi Rama is my president
BELGRADE - Jonuz Musliu, head of Serbia's national council of ethnic Albanians, based in Bujanovac, southern Serbia, said Wednesday Albanian PM Edi Rama was his president.
"Of course Edi Rama is the president," he told Prva TV when asked if Aleksandar Vucic - or someone else - was his president.
Tanjug file photo
Dacic visits Norway
BELGRADE - At the invitation of FM Borge Brende, Serbia's First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic is on a two-day visit to Norway, where he will speak with his counterpart and meet with members of the standing parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and defence.
Dacic will also visit the headquarters of telecoms giant Telenor, which has a significant market share in Serbia.