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Where Greece hopes to find cash - and why the ECB says no
Cash-strapped Greece had been hoping that the European Central Bank -- which is about to pump billions into the eurozone economy -- would help ease its torment, but so far the ECB has been markedly reluctant to come to its aid.
These are the key issues over which they are at loggerheads:
Varoufakis reforms list neither rejected nor accepted: sources
The euro area's sources in Brussels said a list of reforms sent by Finance Minister Yannis Varoufakis has neither been approved nor disapproved, contrary to media reports in Greece, which claimed that the list was rejected.
No 'diabolical plan' to topple Greek government, says Juncker
EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday there was no "diabolical plan" by Spain and Portugal to topple Greeces new hard-left government after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the countries of undermining debt talks with Brussels.
Lenders reject "reforms list", seeking Plan B
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis failed to sway Greece's international lenders with his reforms list, a packet of six measures sent just days ahead of Monday's crucial Eurogroup.
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EU States Agree to Put Off End to Mobile Roaming Charges Until 2018
EU member states on Wednesday proposed to postpone scrapping mobile roaming charges by three years until 2018 at least.
At present, mobile phone customers in the EU face extra roaming charges for calls, text messages or internet usage in member states other than their own.
Bulgaria seeks to revive plans for Nabucco pipeline
Bulgaria wants the European Commission to revive plans for the Nabucco pipeline that would pump gas from the Caspian Sea, after a Russian project seen as a rival was scrapped, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Wednesday.
Juncker, Merkel Play Down Talk of Third Greek Bailout
It is "premature" to talk of a third bailout for Greece, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, playing down talk of a new rescue package being considered for the debt-ridden eurozone member.
"We are going to focus on implementing what was agreed in the Eurogroup," Juncker said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels.
EU to give Serbia EUR 175 million for agriculture
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Boskovic-Bogosavljevic said Wednesday that Serbia would be provided with EUR 175 million by 2020 under the European Union (EU) program for rural development.
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Juncker Urges Montenegro to Settle Aluminium Case
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Tuesday warned Montenegro that it risks bankruptcy if it loses an arbitration case with the Central European Aluminium Company, CEAC, which is seeking almost a billion euro in compensation for its alleged losses in the country.
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Juncker: "Tsipras must tell Greeks that he will break some of his promises"
In an interview that was published today by the Spanish newspaper El Pais, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras must explain to the Greek people that not all of his pre-election promises can be kept.