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Germany's rejection of a Eurobond for bankrolling the fight against the spreading coronavirus pandemic is "not at all categorical," the country's ambassador to Athens, Ernst Reichel, told Kathimerini in a written interview, leaving some hope of consensus in the future.

By George Gilson

This was stated in a joint statement following a video conference by Serbian President Vucic and German Chancellor Merkel.
Merkel welcomes the readiness of the President of Serbia to open a dialogue on trade and non-tariff barriers between, as she said, Serbia and Kosovo with EU mediation.

This morning my son Nikolas wanted to wear his black T-shirt with a fluorescent skeleton printed on it. I couldn't persuade him to put on anything else. So he ended up running around all day dressed up as the Reaper. Of course, the irony escaped him. What does he know? He has just turned 4 and still has to come to terms with not being able to see his friends from kindergarten anymore.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged further funds for Syrians in Idlib after a video conference call held with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Boris Johnson on March 17 during which they discussed the Syrian refugee crisis, Libya and the coronavirus pandemic.

The reason, as Tanjug unofficially learns, is a telephone summit of EU leaders taking place over a coronavirus pandemic.
Vucic has said earlier that the main topics of talks will be the continuation of dialogue with Pristina and, in particular, the new situation following the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic.

German flag carrier Lufthansa is planning to request state aid. This comes as the airline's CEO Carsten Spohr warned that 2/3rds of the airline Group's 800 odd aircraft will be grounded.

The meeting was supposed to be held this weekend in Berlin, but it will be canceled, more precisely the form of the meeting will be changed.
As we exclusively learn, Vucic and Merkel agreed to hold a video conference instead of meeting.

This Euroleague decision also applies to Eurocup where Partizan was scheduled to welcome Russian Unics on Tuesday in the semifinals of the competition.
Red Star was scheduled to play against Real Madrid on Thursday, along with the matches of CSKA - Alba, Efes - Valencia and Maccabi - Baskonia.

The Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has approved the first few licenses for the production of electricity through hybrid systems, opening the way for the processing of some 170 applications it has received.