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IMF: Cyprus on track with adjustment
Cyprus is making a comeback from near bankruptcy although its banks are still struggling with bad loans and political support may be waning for tough measures, an International Monetary Fund report said on Tuesday.
New tax hits 2013 profits of Greece's OPAP
Greek gambling monopoly OPAP posted a bigger-than-expected drop in its 2013 net profit, hurt by a new tax the country imposed on the firm to help plug its budget shortfall.
Greece slapped a 30 percent levy on OPAPs gross gaming revenue last year to meet the terms of its 237-billion-euro international bailout.
No ferries as Greek seamen launch third day of action
The Panhellenic Seamens Union (PNO) on Tuesday called a fresh 24-hour strike, meaning that ferries will remain moored in ports for the third day in a row on Wednesday.
Greek coast guard rescues 41 migrants off Lesvos
Coast guard officials rescued 41 would-be migrants off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Tuesday.
The migrants were crammed into a vessel that was half-full of water, according to coast guard sources who gave no details about the migrants ethnic origins.
Greek courts to close May-28 due to elections
Greeces courts will not be open between May 15 and 28 due to the local and European Parliament elections, Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou said on Tuesday.
Any hearings not completed by May 15 will be continued from May 29.
Sending parcels from Greece just got cheaper
The Greek postal service, ELTA, on Tuesday announced substantial reductions to the cost of sending parcels.
It said that customers would now pay 1.50 euro to send a package weighing up to a kilo, and then 0.50 euro for each kilo above that.
Until now, the price started at 3.50 euros for up to a kilo, rising from there.
Two suspected drug smugglers arrested near Greek-Albanian border
Officers of the polices anti-drugs squad arrested two Albanian nationals in Thesprotia, northern Greece, on Tuesday after confiscating 160 kilograms of cannabis they are alleged to have brought over the border.
Hellenic Olympic Committee proposes amateur ban in state funding protest
The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) is proposing that its amateur sports suspend operations for two days this month in protest against severe state funding cutbacks.
The federations say they are struggling to survive following a new round of cuts in state funding for 2014.
Greece preparing to issue 2-bln-euro bond but timing not decided
By Nikos Chrysoloras
The Greek government, approaching the end of a second international bailout that has kept it afloat since 2010, plans a return to markets by selling 2 billion euros of bonds, three officials said.
Nikolic meets UralVagonZavod delegation on Wednesday
BELGRADE- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will meet on Wednesday with OAO NPK UralVagonZavod CEO Sienko Oleg Viktorovich, company director Lizin Yuri Igorevich and director of UVZ International SARL Demin Constantin Yorlevich.
The president's office for media relations said the meeting would be held at the president's general secretariat and would be followed by a statement.
Japanese PM Visited Anne Frank House
On March 23, the Prime Minster of Japan, Shinzo Abe, visited the Anne Frank House and met with Mr. Ronald Leopold, Executive Director of Anne Frank House.
The visit was part of Abe's trip to the Netherlands from March 23 to 25.
Bulgarian President Suspects Intentional Provocations From Russia
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev suggested that Russia was intentionally provoking extraordinary flights of Bulgarian fighters.
Three prison guards arrested over inmate's death
Three prison guards were arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of an Albanian convict at Nigrita Prison, in Serres, northern Greece. More arrests were expected.
Serbia and Czech Republic have "high level ties"
Serbia and Czech Republic have "high level ties"
BELGRADE -- PM Ivica Dačić met with Czech President Miloš Zeman on Tuesday in Belgrade and stressed the importance of stabilizing the economic situation in the country.
He it "required better cooperation between Serbia and the Czech Republic."