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Germany says IMF plans to stay involved in Greek bailout talks

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reassured German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble this week that the IMF plans to remain constructively engaged in talks about aid for Greece, a spokesman for Schaeuble said on Friday.

Kammenos 'confident of close cooperation' with Trump administration

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Friday expressed confidence in continued close ties between Athens and Washington, just hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States.

Tsipras to visit Belgrade on January 30-31

BELGRADE - Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will be paying an official visit to Serbia on January 30-31, the Serbian government press office announced in a statement on Tuesday.

It will be Tsipras's first visit to Serbia.

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6-Km Queue at Danube Bridge - Vidin

There is heavy traffic at the Bulgarian - Romanian border and a 6-km queue at border cross checkpoint Danube Bridge - Vidin.

The queue of trucks at Danube Bridge - Ruse is 7 kilometres long, reported the press centre of General Directorate Border Police.

Registered unemployed rises in December by nearly 25,000 people

The number of unemployed people registered with Greece's Manpower Organization (OAED) came to 1,072,652 in December, showing a rise of 24,991 from the same month in 2015, when they came to 1,047,661.

Registered unemployed rise in December by nearly 25,000 people

The number of unemployed people registered with Greece's Manpower Organization (OAED) came to 1,072,652 in December, showing a rise of 24,991 from the same month in 2015, when they came to 1,047,661.

Power, gas supplies set to be tested

Energy authorities in Greece have signaled that the country's natural gas system is expected to remain under pressure until early February.

New jobs offer very low salaries

One in two workers in Greece earns monthly pay that does not exceed the minimum level of 2012 - i.e. up to 800 euros gross - according to data from the Labor Ministry's Ergani database.

Greece is an inclusive development laggard, WEF report shows

Greece is rock-bottom among 29 advanced economies on the Inclusive Development Index in this year's Inclusive Growth and Development Report published by the World Economic Forum. Greece also registered the worst five-year trend in scores among this group.

UN envoy cites progress in talks about Cyprus

Diplomats meeting at a Swiss resort to try to hammer out a settlement for the reunification of Cyprus made progress Thursday, wrapping up their talks a day early, according to the United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem, Espen Barth Eide.

The Greek crisis and the seeds of division

The handling of the Greek crisis was tragic from the start; that is why Greece today still cannot escape the debt trap and why the European Union itself is in danger.

Police arrest father of infants abandoned on Patra street

One of three little girls found abandoned on the street in Patra, western Greece, on Sunday, is seen Thursday crawling up the side of a cot in the city's Karamandaneio Children's Hospital. The girls, aged from 7 months to 3 years old, were spotted by a resident. Later Thursday, police said they had arrested an Albanian man believed to be the children's father and were seeking their mother.