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Lukoil's "new investments in Serbia" discussed in Davos

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday in Davos with General Director of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov.

According to the Serbian government, they spoke about "the company's new investments in Serbia."

Greece Halts Trucks from Bulgaria over Bad Weather

Greece has halted trucks entering via two border crossings from going on in direction to several key cities over severe weather conditions.

The restriction is in force as of 10:00 local time (EET) on Thursday for Ilinden-Exochi and Kulata-Promachonas border crossing points, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry says.

Turnstile installation closing four more Athens metro stations on weekend

An ongoing program to install turnstiles at the Greek capital's metro and ISAP stations to crack down on fare dodging will result in the closure of four more metro stations this weekend.

Snow, rain cause problems in northern Greece, Peloponnese

More than 40 villages were struggling with a complete power outage in the Western Macedonia region on Thursday following heavy snowfall overnight, while in the northern Peloponnese, a rock fall caused by rain closed off a section of the Patra-Corinth highway.

Bulgaria's EU, NATO Choice Should Not Be Questioned - President-Elect

Bulgaria has the potential for a more enhanced political presence in Southeast Europe, Bulgaria's President-elect Rumen Radev has said.

In a highly critical speech after his swearing-in ceremony in the Parliament, Radev has vowed to be "the President of all Bulgarians, regardless of their party affiliation, religion and ethnicity" and to oppose "attempts at polarizing our society."

Thomsen’s diagram: In 2038 unemployment in Greece will reach the 2009 levels (PHOTO-VIDEO)

It will take 21 years for Greece to see unemployment getting back to the levels it was prior to the crisis.

Poul Thomsen presented a diagram during the presentation of Anders Åslund’s book.
The IMF official had similar but more optimistic estimates for Italy, Portugal and Spain.

U.S. ambassador talks about anti-Dodik sanctions

U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Maureen Cormack said on Wednesday that the U.S. introduced individual sanctions against RS President Milorad Dodik.

30 missing in central Italy avalanche that buries hotel

An avalanche buried a mountain hotel in an earthquake-hit region of central Italy, leaving at least 30 people missing, authorities said on Jan. 19.

Around 30 people feared dead in Italy avalanche

Several children were among more around 30 people unaccounted for, feared dead, on Jan. 19, after an avalanche engulfed a mountain hotel in earthquake-ravaged central Italy.

The national civil protection agency said the Hotel Rigopiano had suffered a direct hit by a two-meter (six-feet) high wall of snow on Jan. 18.

Ice on Danube River 4 meters thick at Dalj Bend

Ice on the Danube at the so-called Dalj Bend is four meters thick, says MUP Emergency Situations Sector chief Predrag Matic.

According to Maric, two more icebreakers will arrive in Serbia, to reopen the river to navigation all the way to Belgrade.

To stay on in Greek program, IMF wants gov't to pass reforms

The International Monetary Fund will return to negotiate the completion of the second review and its participation in the program once it sees the Greek government legislate at least some of the measures viewed as necessary, such as the social security reform and reducing the tax-free threshold, a senior eurozone official has told Kathimerini.