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I??l E?rikavuk isil.egrikavuk@hdn.com.tr Turkey is appealing to the European Union to help it combat the phenomenon of ghost ships used by smugglers to send hundreds of migrants at a time toward European shores.
     

The European Union is ready to arbitrate in the worsening dispute in Macedonia over claims of mass eavesdropping by the government, the EU's foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini, and Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, said in Brussels on Wednesday.

EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday there was no "diabolical plan" by Spain and Portugal to topple Greeces new hard-left government after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the countries of undermining debt talks with Brussels.

Organisers of the prestigious World Press Photo awards have revoked a major prize after the entry, which portrayed the gritty Belgian industrial town Charleroi, was accused of being staged in a deepening debate over manipulation of images.
      

It is "premature" to talk of a third bailout for Greece, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, playing down talk of a new rescue package being considered for the debt-ridden eurozone member.

"We are going to focus on implementing what was agreed in the Eurogroup," Juncker said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels.

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday welcomed at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace Moldovan Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia Gherman, with the Moldovan Minister reasserting on the occasion the determination of the Chisinau Government to carry on along the country's pro-European track.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO

A meeting in Brussels between EC president Jean-Claude Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the first since the ex-Luxembourg PM assumed the Commission’s top spot, expectedly included both Greece and Ukraine on the agenda.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said that while formulating a new platform on Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), he is taking into account the reality.

In an interview to Radio Television of Serbia, Nikolic said that Serbia should have a new platform for talks "because saying that we will never recognize and accept KiM's independence is no longer enough".

KOPAONIK - The Serbian Association of Car Insurers could not sign a vehicle insurance agreement with Kosovo's authorities even after three years of negotiations, although it has offered a considerable price cut, the association's secretary general Vladan Manic has said.

GRACANICA - The future community of Serb municipalities will be funded by Belgrade, Pristina and the international community, and the Serbian government will continue to support the Kosovo-Metohija Serbs financially, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said in Gracanica on Tuesday.