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Parliament Speaker Zoe Constantopoulou on Friday made it known that she has appointed herself to head a special House committee tasked with building a case for Greek claims for World War II reparations from Germany.

The cross-party committee of 15 will collect evidential and historical material supporting Greece's claims.

A Turkish Airlines  passenger plane en route to Istanbul made a forced landing at Germany's Nuremberg Airport on April 8, after its left cockpit window shattered, the airline said.
   
The Dusseldorf to Istanbul flight diverted to Nuremberg, landing at 0658 GMT, a spokeswoman for the airline said.
   

Spanish police arrested nine people in the Catalonia region on Wednesday suspected of links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, authorities said, the latest such raids as European nations seek to stop jihadist recruitment.

German tabloid Bild returned to the sensationalist this week by insinuating that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' official visit to Moscow on Wednesday  for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin aim to create an anti-Western front, serving each for different reasons.

Germany snubbed Greece's call for more than 278 billion euros ($306 billion) in war payments April 7, calling it "dumb" to mix World War II claims with Athens' negotiations for more aid.
      

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras starts a two-day visit in the Russian capital Moscow. He will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday.

Even prior to the actual diplomatic talks, the official visit has raised alarm across the EU, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported.

German Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel  wasn't too impressed with a calculation of German war reparations tallied by the Greek government, calling the demand a less than tactful "stupid".

BRUSSELS - Chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Serbia Eduard Kukan said Tuesday that Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic's decision to send Serbian soldiers to the military parade in Moscow on May 9 was in contrast to the country's European integration ambitions.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) candidate list for the June 7 parliamentary elections mirrors its resolve to embrace different segments of society in order to reach its ambitious goal of exceeding the 10 percent election threshold by deciding to enter the elections as a party.

The Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has nominated Feleknas Uca, a German-born politician and the world?s first Yazidi parliamentarian, as one of its leading candidates for the June 7 elections.