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BRUSSELS - The European Commission (EC) backs Serbia's agricultural producers, but it is not particularly happy over the introduction of protection measures for meat and milk and hopes that they will be only temporary, Serbia's Minister of Agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic has said.

EP decides to send mission to Serbia

BRUSSELS -- European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights has decided to send a mission to Serbia in June, the Belgrade-based Blic newspaper writes.

According to the source, the mission will support Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic.

BRUSSELS - President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Marko Cadez has said after a meeting of representatives of 14 European chambers of commerce in Brussels that reforms Serbia is putting in place have been met with approval from European entrepreneurs.

BRUSSELS - The situation concerning freedom of the media is not good anywhere in the Western Balkans, and in its annual reports reviewing the progress made by candidate countries, the European Commission (EC) will dedicate much attention to the topic, it has been said at a panel discussion on the region's media, held in Brussels.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has called for faster-pace negotiations on a new agreement between Athens and international lenders.

Tsipras met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels after an extraordinary EU Council session dedicated to finding an answer to the mass influx of asylum seekers from Africa led to Europe by traffickers,

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had ?constructive and positive? talks on the sidelines of an immigration summit in Brussels on Thursday, Greek government sources said, noting that there was a ?convergence of views? on the level of Greece?s primary surplus target this year and next year and as regards privatizations.

Prospects for an "interim agreement" to achieve a loan extension before April 30 reportedly dominated talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday, as the two leaders met on the sidelines of an extraordinary EU summit in Brussels.

At an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday European Union leaders agreed on a series of measures aimed at addressing the growing flows of migrants to Europe, which have become an increasing challenge for Mediterranean countries like Greece to deal with.

RHODES - Locals know to avoid the razor-sharp rocks and strong currents near Zefyros Beach on the Greek island of Rhodes. But 93 migrants fleeing war and political chaos on another continent had no idea of the dangers as they caught their first glimpse of Europe and the current pulled their rickety wooden boat toward shore.