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Greek quest for debt relief faces hurdles in Paris
As Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras tries to follow Ireland and Portugal out the bailout exit door, he faces a month of bargaining.
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Ranieri brings in new faces for his first Greece squad
New Greece coach Claudio Ranieri announced Wednesday a 24-man squad for the first Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania at home on September 7.
Earning a first time call up were Olympiakos 21-year-old striker Dimitris Diamantakos and Levante's 29-year-old defender Nikos Karabelas.
Ranieri left out six players who helped Greece make it to the World Cup last 16.
Farmers anxious as EC talks on peach damages not due before Friday
At a loss about what to do with thousands of tons of produce that remains undelivered due to a Russian food embargo, Greek peach and nectarine producers must wait until Friday when European Commission officials are expected to draft a plan for compensating farmers producing those fruits in Greece and other EU countries hit by the ban.
Fruit producers await EU verdict on ban damages
As the European Commission tries to assess the relative damage wreaked by a Russian food embargo on peach and nectarine producers in Greece as well as on competitors Spain, Italy and Portugal, farmers in northern and central Greece are at a loss about what to do with thousands of tons of produce.
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Greece affected by EU quota cuts to combat overfishing
The European Commission has cut this years fishing quotas for 10 member countries to compensate for overfishing in 2013 as it seeks to regenerate Europes depleted fish stocks.
"25 ambassadors, consuls to be appointed"
"25 ambassadors, consuls to be appointed"
BELGRADE -- Serbia currently has some 25 unfilled ambassadorial and consular positions abroad, but plans to appoint heads of these offices by the end of the year.
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Serbia Ready to Plug Ambassadorial Holes
Serbia's Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, said that Serbia is about to appoint 20 new ambassadors, including to US and China, in the next four months.
The initial plan was to appoint ten new ambassadors to posts in July. However, Dacic told the daily newspaper Danas on August 8 that there had been a delay after the ministry realised the number needed to be doubled.
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Europe’s economic engine stutters as Spain outperforms Germany
By Stefan Riecher
Germany probably underperformed Spain last quarter for the first time in more than five years as the euro-area recovery almost ground to a halt.
More than 5,000 domestic violence victims not voting
More than 5,000 women who are the victims of domestic violence will not be able to vote in Turkeyâs Aug. 10 presidential elections due to security reasons.
Europe mulls handing back reins of reform to Athens
By John O'Donnell & Renee Maltezou
Brussels is considering scrapping the troika that supervises Greek reforms to allow Athens to pursue its own plan to bolster the economy in return for a drip-feed of debt relief, European officials say.