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Macron seeks to heal French divisions after re-election
French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Monday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power.
Centrist Macron won 58.54 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with 41.46 for Le Pen, according to final results from the interior ministry.
Le Pen suffers disappointment in French regional polls
The party of France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen performed weaker than expected in the first round of regional elections on June 20, in a vote marked by record levels of abstention.
Early projections showed the center-right Republicans party on course to top June 20's vote, while Le Pen's National Rally undershot predictions based on voter surveys conducted last week.
EU foreign policy chief tells Thaci tax needs to be revoked
Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Thaci "reviewed the latest developments in the context of the EU facilitated Dialogue for normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia."
Lebanon supports Serbia's territorial integrity
Serbia's first deputy PM and foreign minister said this after his talks in Belgrade with Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Gebran Bassil, the government announced.
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