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Still no decision on Serb participation in Kosovo govt.
Still no decision on Serb participation in Kosovo govt.
BELGRADE -- Branimir Stojanovic has said that a decision has not yet been made on the further steps when it comes to the Serb List participation in the Kosovo government.
Greek PM easily wins confidence vote, EU showdown looms
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras comfortably won a confidence vote on his plan to cancel a deeply unpopular bailout program and challenge European leaders as both sides prepare for a showdown at meetings in Brussels this week.
Serbian PM holds talks with Bundestag delegation
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had talks in belgrade with a delegation of the German Bundestag Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe, who congratulated him on the achievements of the latest round of dialogue with Pristina in Brussels.
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Austrian FinMin: Time for Greece to end debt standoff, but no Plan B yet
There is still time for Greece to end a debt standoff with its European partners, though no Plan B is in the offing, Austria's finance minister said, adding that Athens must honor the terms of its bailout package.
A showdown in Brussels looms this week as Greece's new leftist government tries to cancel a deeply unpopular bailout program with international creditors.
Montenegro to Absor More EU Funds
The European Commission's top official, Jean-Eric Pique, on Tuesday praised the progress of Montenegro in judicial reform and expressed his expectations that in the future Montenegro will use money from EU funds in an "even better way than before."
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Europe stocks little changed as investors await Greek debt talks
European stocks were little changed before a meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his euro-area counterparts in Brussels.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 0.1 percent to 372.56 at 8:07 a.m. in London. Stocks climbed Tuesday amid investor optimism that Greece can reach an agreement on new bailout terms with its euro-region creditors.
Europe index futures rise as investors watch Greece developments
European stock-index futures climbed, indicating equities may advance, as officials prepared to begin talks on Greece.
Greece's new government wins confidence vote in parliament
Greece's SYRIZA-led government has won a confidence vote in Parliament, ahead of high-stakes talks in Brussels with bailout creditors.
Lawmakers voted 162-137 for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government, elected on January 25 on a platform pledging to radically overhaul austerity in the financially struggling country.
Tsipras: Greece 'cannot return to age of bailouts, submission'
Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras said Tuesday that the country "cannot return to an age of bailouts and suppression," ahead of critical talks with Athens's EU creditors.
"There is no return," he said in a speech to parliament the day before Greece presents a proposal for a new reform deal at an extraordinary meeting of eurozone foreign ministers in Brussels. [AFP]
Now Finance Ministry steps back from OLP sale tender
By Nikos Roussanoglou
The Finance Ministry attempted to backtrack on the issue of the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) on Tuesday, releasing a statement to revise what senior ministry officials had said a day earlier.