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World Bank prepares plan for low income groups
By Katerina Sokou
The World Bank is working toward aiding low income groups in Greece by offering the government its know-how following the latters request for help, a senior official at the international financial institution has told Kathimerini.
Parliament speaker rejects SYRIZA censure motion against Stournaras
Parliament speaker Vangelis Meimarakis on Sunday rejected a censure motion called by SYRIZA against Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, prompting the leftists to lodge a new censure motion against Meimarakis and to walk out of Parliament.
Leftist Tsipras calls censure motion, putting off multi-bill vote until Tuesday
Leftist SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Sunday called a censure motion against Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras over a new multi-bill of economic reforms demanded by the troika in return for continued rescue loans.
NBS buys EUR 20 million in FX market
BELGRADE - Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Jorgovanka Tabakovic said that the NBS has enough FX reserves to defend the national currency and it bought euros (EUR 20 million) just before the weekend for the first time this year, after only selling foreign currency for the last three months.
Special court to be set up in The Hague after all
BRUSSELS – Those accused of organ harvesting and trafficking crimes that are the subject of a report by former Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty will be tried before a special court in The Hague and not in Pristina as sought by the Kosovo government, Tanjug has learned from diplomatic sources in Brussels.
Russia slaps three-year entry ban on Bojan Kostres
BELGRADE - Bojan Kostres, member of the Serbian parliament's permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), has been denied entry to the Russian Federation until 2017, according to Belgrade-based daily Politika reports.
Bulgaria Risks Permanent Freeze of 'Environment' Operational Program
The "Environment" operational program may be conclusively suspended unless the European Commission restores payments to Bulgaria by end-May, according to center-right party GERB.
Coalition of Refugee Assocition supports Serbia’s legal team
BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations in the Republic of Serbia said in a release Sunday that it supports the request made by Serbia's agent at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Sasa Obradovic to declare Operation Storm, a 1995 military offensive carried out by the Croatian armed forces, a genocide against the Serbian people.
8 Reported Killed in Clashes during Local Elections in Turkey
Eight people were killed on Sunday in clashes between supporters of rival candidates in Turkey's local elections.
Six people were killed in a gunfight between two families in the village of Yuvacik in the eastern province of Sanliurfa, which borders Syria, security officials said, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
Ivana Maksimovic wins silver medal at ISSF World Cup
FORT BENNING – Serbia’s Ivana Maksimovic won the silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle Women event at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup, held at the U.S. Army post of Fort Benning, on Saturday.
Maksimovic mounted the podium after ending up second in the finals with a total of 207.6 points.
New round of Belgrade-Pristina talks to be held on Monday
BELGRADE / BRUSSELS - The 23rd round of the EU-facilitated dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, expected to deal with the issues of judiciary and the setting up of the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), will be held in Brussels on Monday.
Bulgaria-Romania Trade Turnover Exceeds EUR 3B for 3 Consecutive Years
Trade turnover between Bulgaria and Romania has exceeded EUR 3 B for 3 years in a row, according to the director of the Commercial Section of the Bulgarian Embassy in Bucharest.
EC economic reform recommendations probably in May
BELGRADE – Serbia may receive European Commission’s (EC) recommendations concerning economic reforms that need be pushed through in Serbia as early as in May, Freek Janmaat, head of the EU Delegation to Serbia’s European Integration Department, has said.
Obradovic: Dispute does not close door to reconciliation
THE HAGUE - With their genocide dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Serbia and Croatia have not closed the door to the reconciliation of the two nations, Serbia’s agent at the court Sasa Obradovic has said.
Bulgarian ABV Movement Presents Election List for 2014 EP Vote
Bulgarian MEP Ivaylo Kalfin tops the election list of the ABV Movement (Alternative for Bulgarian Revival) for the European Parliament elections on May 25.