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Eight arrested in Galenika corruption case
Eight arrested in Galenika corruption case
BELGRADE -- Eight people were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of causing losses of EUR 75 losses to the pharmaceutical company Galenika.
Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanović confirmed this and added that "the public can expect the investigation to show where money from the public enterprise was flowing away."
SYRIZA win in EU vote not a cause for snap elections, says Samaras
With almost all the votes counted in the European Parliament elections, SYRIZA has a 3.8 percentage point lead over New Democracy but Prime Minister Antonis Samaras insists this is not enough to trigger early general elections.
25 Thousand Bulgarian Citizens Vote Abroad
A total of 25,353 Bulgarians have exercised their right to vote in the European elections from abroad.
The highest number of Bulgarian voters was registered in Spain, Germany, Belgium, the UK, France, Cyprus and Greece, Darik news reports.
2014EP: Romanians end voting abroad in US, Canada
The polling abroad of the Romanian voters in the European elections of May 25 completed at 07:00hrs, EEST, on Monday, with the closing of the last open polling stations in Los Angeles, the US, and Vancouver, Canada, according to Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE).
Reformist Bloc: Supporters’ Votes Will Not Be Wasted
Bulgarian Reformist bloc sees its results in the European Parliamentary elections as its first success, rather than a political goal.
According to the partial results of the Central Electoral Commission, the Reformist Bloc was voted for by 6.43% of Bulgarians which will secure the party one seat in the European Parliament.
UPDATE 2014EP BEC 2014EP BEC partial results: PSD-UNPR-PC, 37.25%, PNL, 14.86%, PDL, 12.26%
PSD-UNPR-PC (the Social Democratic Party, the National Union for Romania's Progress, the Conservative Party) electoral alliance in the elections to the European Parliament carried out on Sunday obtained 37.25% of the electors' options, the National Liberal Party (PNL), 14.86%, and the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL), 12.36%, according to the partial results the Central Electoral Bu
2014EP Ponta: For PSD-UNPR-PC Alliance, it is truly an outstanding result
Ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) Chairman, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, believes the result the PSD-UNPR-PC (Social Democratic Party-Conservative Party-National Union for Romania's Progress) Electoral Alliance registered in these elections is a higher one compared with the results obtained in other years, but recommends that this score be treated 'with modesty.'
GERB Headed for Election Win– CEC Partial Results
Bulgaria’s center-right opposition GERB has received 31.13% of the votes, according to the latest results by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
With 75.32% of voting protocols processed, GERB seems to be headed for election landslide. Ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) comes second with 18.85% of the votes in Sunday's European elections.
Leftwing Syriza Party Triumphs in European Elections in Greece
Greece's leftwing opposition Syriza party won the country's European elections, official projections showed late Sunday.
Kaminis, Boutaris keep mayoral seats
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis appeared to have held on to his seat in local authority elections after his leftist challenger conceded defeat, although the race for Attica governor remained too close to call late on Sunday night while a number of independents beat government-backed candidates in other key seats.
Greece cannot afford election concerns
The inertia and inaction which are evident in the public sector should not become the economic norm
By Dimitris Kontogiannis
Piraeus may shift strategy over Geniki
By Yiannis Papadoyiannis
The Piraeus Group is contemplating the idea of Geniki Banks full absorption, which would mean abandoning the plan for its subsidiary to take an autonomous course.
Sources have told Kathimerini that Piraeus officials have reviewed the groups strategy regarding Genikis future and that its absorption is currently the likeliest scenario.
SYRIZA scores first election win but coalition stands firm after EU vote
SYRIZA gained the first electoral victory in its history on Sunday as it came first in the European Parliament vote but failed to establish a big enough gap over the coalition, for which PASOK performed better than expected, to suggest that the governments stability is in question.
Gov't eyeing extra 2 billion euros in EU subsidies
By Evgenia Tzortzi
The program for the 2014-20 European Union subsidy funding period will entail the investment of 26 billion euros. On top of the 20.8 billion set to come from Brussels, another 5.2 billion from Greece will be added. This includes an extra 2 billion euros that the Greek side will attempt to obtain in 2016 by utilizing the revision clause.