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By Eleni Chrepa & Nikos Chrysoloras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struck a defiant tone as he prepared for meetings in Brussels with European leaders to discuss the cash-strapped country?s bailout.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday played down the chances of reaching a nuclear agreement during talks under way this week in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
     

By Karl Stagno Navarra, Ben Sills & Marcus Bensasson

International Monetary Fund officials told their euro-area colleagues that Greece is the most unhelpful client their organization has dealt with in its 70-year history, according to two people familiar with the talks.

Since the Syrian civil war erupted four years ago, tens of thousands of refugees have poured into the southern Turkish port town of Mersin, fearing they may never return home and yearning for a better life.
     
Between 200,000-350,000 Syrian refugees are now estimated to live in the workaday Mediterranean city, swelling its population of around one million by about a quarter.

By Ben Sills, Karl Stagno Navarra & Marcus Bensasson

Greece is pinning its hopes on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras winning support from European leaders to break an impasse over financial aid for the cash-strapped country.

In his interview to Italian television, the Greek Minister of Finance Yianis Varoufakis used lyrics of Beatles song to answer a question about whether Greece continues to ask for money.

An EU evaluation is placing the Romanians among the Euro-optimists, as 42% of them believe that the EU economic situation will improve in the next 12 months, according to data in the national report of the 2014 autumn edition of the Eurobarometer of public opinion that was commissioned by the European Commission and conducted from November 8 to 17, 2014.

BELGRADE - French Ambassador to Belgrade Christine Moro has awarded University of Belgrade professor Vesna Rakic and Radivoje Stojkovic, headmaster of the Novi Sad Grammar School, the orders of Knight of the Academic Palms.

In February 2015, EU passenger car registrations recorded growth for the eighteenth consecutive month (+7.3%), reaching 924440, according to data of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).

The Greek Government seems to have placed its hopes for the resolution of the Greek problem on Francois Hollande, who has reportedly assumed the role of a mediator, working effortlessly behind the scenes to bring Athens closer to Berlin.