Brussels

EC President Jean Claude Juncker on Friday confirmed that he will meet, after all, with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, not immediately, but rather in the coming two weeks.

In an interview with Germany's "Die Welt", he said he is in constant contact with Tsipras in order to set up a meeting in Brussels.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - President of the Northern Mitrovica Municipal Assembly Ksenija Bozovic stated on Friday that the accounts of four northern Kosovo municipalities with majority Serb population have been blocked for a week now without any explanation or written notification by the Pristina government.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accused the European Central Bank of holding "a rope" around the country's neck as Athens scrambled on March 6 to avert a looming state default.
      
The ECB "is still holding the rope which we have around our necks," said Tsipras, according to excerpts of an interview with Germany magazine Der Spiegel to appear Saturday.
      

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday sent a new letter to the Eurogroup essentially fleshing out the six reform proposals that Greece is expected to present at Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers, sources in Brussels indicated.

By John Hadoulis

They are both tough men of a certain age used to getting their way.

In one corner stands Wolfgang Schaeuble, the dry 72-year-old German Finance Minister and self-appointed guardian of the European Union's fiscal orthodoxy.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras visited Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday to brief him on discussions at the meeting of the European Central Bank's governing council in Nicosia and on decisions relating to Greece taken there.

NATO and Russia trade "hybrid warfare" accusations

BRUSSELS -- NATO has an extensive history of "hybrid operations," Russian Permanent Representative to NATO Aleksandr Grushko has said.

The Russian official cited the former Yugoslavia as an example.

"Each country or organization can learn from the experience of the Alliance," said Grushko.

European officials are concerned that not enough preparation work is being done to pave the way for Greece to submit six reform proposals to Monday?s Eurogroup and then secure part of the 7.2 billion euros in remaining bailout loans.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has begun a series of contacts with European leaders and officials aimed at breaking down the wall of distrust against Greece, evident by the European Central Bank's (ECB) refusal to include Greece in its  funding scheme.

The non-governmental organization Save Sofia has sent a signal to Brussels on account of low quality renovation works in Bulgaria's capital. The project was executed in the Sofia municipality with EU funds.

The reconstruction procedure along Bulgaria Blvd's railway cost approximately BGN 7 M no VAT included.