Malta

In a meeting on the sidelines of a European Union leaders' summit in Malta on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on the need to speed up negotiations on Greece's bailout review to ensure its conclusion this month, Greek government sources said.

In a meeting on the sidelines of a European Union leaders' summit in Malta on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on the need to speed up negotiations on Greece's bailout review to ensure its conclusion this month, Greek government sources said.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that it was necessary to take steps to conclude the second review of the Greek fiscal adjustment program by mid-February during their meeting on the sidelines of the informal EU Summit in Malta, Friday. The two leaders also talked about the Greek-Turkish relations, with Chancellor Merkel informing Mr.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the informal EU Summit meeting in Malta, Friday. The meeting between the two leaders started at 10.45am with the Greek PM seeking ways to position himself in a better bargaining position against the harsh demands of the current German government.

The government is keeping its cards close to its chest over the steps it will take until Monday, when the International Monetary Fund publicizes its report on the sustainability of Greece's debt.

Italy has established a special fund for helping African countries close their borders more successfully in an attempt to prevent migrants from boarding often lethal vessels and travelling to Europe, reported the Foreign Minister of Italy.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay a one-day working visit to Turkey on Feb. 2 amid ongoing bilateral disagreements between Ankara and Berlin, with the German leader pursuing dialogue with Turkey due to the countries' increasingly strained relations.
 

BELGRADE - Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as a threat to the European Union, EU leaders were told on Tuesday by the man chairing a summit where they will debate relations with the United States.

The President of the European Council Donald Tusk reckons that the latest statements of the administration of US President Donald Trump are worrying and question the future of Transatlantic relations, stated Tusk in a letter to the leaders of EU member-states before the summit in Malta, cited by Reuters and AFP.

After the results of last week's Eurogroup effectively took the wind out of the government's sails, the prime minister's aides say Athens has now entered a "phase of reflection" as it strives to break the deadlock in the negotiations to wrap up the second review of the country's third bailout.